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It was a delightful program presented to a capacity house.\nIt consisted of one of the most loved and timeless of all ballet scores as well\nas a work being played by the WASO for the very first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latter –\nRossiniana – is Respighi\u2019s orchestral arrangement of some pieces originally\nwritten by Rossini, part of a flood of miniatures that poured from his pen years\nafter he\u2019d given up writing operas. Rossini, tongue firmly in cheek, called them \u2018nothings\u2019.\nThey are anything but. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Asher Fisch presiding over events, these charming\npieces flashed most agreeably into life. Why has it taken an astonishing 94\nyears for this music to reach Perth? I\nsavoured these miniatures, each one a little gem. There was fine work here by\noboist Liz Chee. The clear, carrying tone she produced was consistently\npleasing. Percussionists, too, were very much on best form as was the brass\nsection. I particularly liked the Intermezzo, a most engaging interlude made\nmemorable by glittering notes drawn from the celeste by Graeme Gilling. It was\na fine foil to the introverted and melancholy Lamento which preceded it. At\ntimes in the finale, the music was so upbeat and joyful, it would have not\nsurprised me had some concertgoers stepped into the aisles and danced. Laurels,\nin particular, to flautist Andrew Nicholson and Michael Waye (piccolo) who,\nthroughout the program, were much on their mettle..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope WASO audiences won\u2019t need to wait another 94 years\nfor a repeat performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tchaikowsky\u2019s Nutcracker Suite needs no introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s arguably the world\u2019s most loved ballet score, as\nmeaningful and memorable in its way to the young as to listeners in their\ndotage. Suites drawn from the work have enchanted listeners since the ballet had its premiere in St\nPetersburg, Russia in 1892. And Asher Fisch and the WASO were very much on form\nas we listened to page after page of orchestral and melodic magic, not least\nWaltz of the Flowers in which horns were in first rate form. Allan Meyer, that\nwizard of the clarinet, brought his exceptional abilities to the fore time and\nagain. And a particularly lavish bouquet to the strings which sounded consistently\non their mettle. Strings were very much on their musical toes in the character\ndances, notably the Chinese Dance and the Russian Trepak. And the Tarantella\nand Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy came across splendidly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m pleased to report that, unlike the compulsive clappers\nwho burst into maddeningly intrusive applause between movements of Mozart\u2019s\nSymphony No 40 a week earlier, audience behaviour at this 11am concert could\nnot be faulted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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