{"id":195,"date":"2018-11-28T06:46:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T19:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/?p=195"},"modified":"2018-11-28T06:46:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T19:46:04","slug":"centenary-remembrance-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/centenary-remembrance-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Centenary Remembrance Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perth Symphonic Chorus<\/h2>\n

Armistice Choir<\/h4>\n

Perth Philharmonic Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Perth Concert Hall<\/h4>\n

reviewed by Neville Cohn<\/h3>\n

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It could not have been a more solemn occasion: a performance devoted to the fallen in World War I exactly one hundred years to the day<\/p>\n

since the curtain finally came down on a hideously prolonged battle that saw the death and disablement of millions.<\/p>\n

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As we listened to The Ode of Remembrance and bugler David Scott playing The Last Post, there was a minute of almost palpable silence to reflect on the<\/p>\n

slaughter that was World War 1. Then, as the Australian national anthem was sung by the choirs and a capacity audience, the thoughts of most would surely have focussed on the dreadful events of the years 1914 to 1918. Significantly adding to the memorial atmosphere was the fact that the 4pm start of the concert coincided with 9am in France, that being 100 years to the hour since the Armistice was announced by Prime Minister Clemenceau of France \u2013 and the concert\u2019s end at 6pm coincided with the cessation of hostilities in France precisely 100 years before.<\/p>\n

Then, Faure\u2019s Requiem, its inherent melancholy revealed to a degree I cannot recall experiencing before. And it was listened to in an almost reverential silence.<\/p>\n

Dr Pride has devoted her life to choral training and performance \u2013 and in this account of Faure\u2019s masterpiece, the Requiem moved me as never before \u2013 no mean achievement given I\u2019ve long lost count of the number of times I\u2019ve listened to the work. From first note to last, Pride, as ever in complete control of her forces, did wonders, coaxing responses which brimmed with the sort of insights that come from a lifetime\u2019s association with the setting. And the Requiem worked its melancholy magic as never before.<\/p>\n

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Violins, of course, do not feature in the work, their absence giving the string complement a rather darker sonic quality, wholly in keeping with the mood of the work. Soprano Sara Macliver was in her element here. She sang most movingly, again and again taking up an interpretative position at the emotional epicentre of whatever she sang. What a precious musical asset this soprano has been over the decades, not only to Perth but Australia as a whole. \u00a0Christopher Richardson, too, sang with consistent expressiveness and a very real understanding of the text uttered so clearly – but from time to time\u00a0 rather higher decibel levels might to advantage have allowed his voice to be more emphatically projected towards the rear of the venue.<\/p>\n

Millions of the armed forces died in this dreadful war. But there were other deaths, too \u2013 of animals ranging from homing pigeons and dogs to horses, each involved in the war effort. The most famous from an Australian perspective was the charge of the 4th<\/sup> Light Horse Brigade which captured Beersheba from the Turks. So it was entirely appropriate that, early in the program, a horse was ushered on-stage: Indie, rider Phil Dennis from the Kelmscott \u2013 Pinjarra 10 Lighthorse Troop. Indie, behaving impeccably, munched carrots.<\/p>\n

Also on a memorable program was Vaughan Williams\u2019 Dona Nobis Pacem.<\/p>\n

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