Few WASO debuts are met with the ecstatic acclaim that greeted Vasily Petrenko’s in 2022. He returns in 2025 with Walton’s grand Spitfire Prelude and Fugue and Vaughan Williams’ profoundly moving Fifth Symphony. Associate Principal Clarinet, Som Howie, makes his WASO concerto debut with Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto – a timeless masterpiece of expressive elegance and virtuosic flair.

Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto

The University of Western Australia

Our final Chamber Series concert opens with Aaron Wyatt’s Cirrus, a moving exploration of the relationship between modernity and the natural world and the beauty of ordinary things. Meyer’s unique composition style makes his String Quintet a must-hear. The program concludes with Beethoven’s acclaimed Septet in E flat, a work so charming that many regard it as the finest septet ever composed.

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Chamber Series: Serenade

Government House, Western Australia

Charm and innovation collide in Brahms’ String Sextet No.2. The grand orchestral experience is distilled to a single ground-breaking movement in Schoenberg’s boundary-pushing First Chamber Symphony. A suite of dramatic and vivid string quartets showcases the creative talents of Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.

Chamber Series: Rapture

Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, completed only months before his death, is one of the most sublime works ever written for this beautifully expressive instrument. Performed by WASO Associate Principal Clarinet Som Howie, its buoyant joy and soulful warmth will delight.

Som Howie

Events

Past events

26 - 27 Sep, 2025

Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto · West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Sep 14, 2025

Chamber Series: Serenade · West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Clarinet in String Sextet No. 2 by Brahms

West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Clarinet in Clarinet Concerto by Mozart

Perth Cultural Centre

Clarinet in String Quintet by Meyer

West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Clarinet in Septet in E flat major by Beethoven

West Australian Symphony Orchestra

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