The West Australian Symphony Orchestra will present five world premieres and bring major orchestral works to audiences across the state in its 2027 season, Joy Lives Here.

The season will be WASO’s final peripatetic year before the reopening of Perth Concert Hall, with the Orchestra presenting its mainstage programs at Winthrop Hall, alongside performances at His Majesty’s Theatre, the State Theatre Centre of WA and other venues across Perth.

Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser Asher Fisch characterises the season as “a vibrant mix of familiar faces and brilliant debuts by artists from Australia and around the world.”

Asher Fisch conducts WASO.

Fisch leads the season’s opening concert, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, on 5 and 6 March. Joined by the WASO Chorus and soloists Meechot Marrero, Stefanie Irányi, Andrew Goodwin and James Clayton, Fisch will pair Beethoven’s choral masterpiece with Berlioz’s La mort de Cléopâtre.

Fisch will also conduct Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony, a program of Wagner and Strauss, and a season-closing concert featuring Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and Boléro. Other major works include Brahms’ Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Bartók’s Concerto...