{"id":42,"date":"2017-10-18T13:26:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T02:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/?p=42"},"modified":"2018-06-05T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T03:33:49","slug":"w-a-symphony-orchestra-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/w-a-symphony-orchestra-4\/","title":{"rendered":"W.A. Symphony Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Perth Concert Hall<\/h2>\n

reviewed by Neville Cohn<\/h3>\n

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Vaughan Williams\u2019 Fifth Symphony is seldom heard in this neck of the woods. Prior to the weekend, its most recent performance here was as far back as 1999 when Vernon Handley presided over events. It\u2019s a very welcome return.<\/p>\n

In less than totally assured hands, the Fifth can send sound endless and dull \u2013 \u00a0a turn-off. But when directed by a master \u2013 and Douglas Boyd is most certainly in that category \u2013 then, with an orchestra very much on its toes, the result can be electrifying. To be frank, I can\u2019t recall a presentation of the Fifth that moved me as much as that offered to a near-capacity house on Thursday. It was the chief offering in the WASO\u2019s Morning Symphony series.<\/p>\n

Beautifully expressive string playing gave point and meaning to the first movement, its deeply felt ideas building up to a magnificent climax. First rate oboe playing enhanced listening pleasure. \u00a0The second movement, essentially a dance to tricky rhythms, made for totally engaging listening.<\/p>\n

In indifferent hands, the slow movement can sound interminable \u2013 but when there\u2019s inspiration from the podium, as was the case on Thursday, it made for blissful listening, an impression enhanced by first rate work on cor anglais in a moving, beautifully stated contribution. The finale came across as buoyant, celebratory, upbeat. It was an exultant offering. Laurels, in particular, to David Evans for horn playing of finesse; it gave the stamp of distinction to the finale, an account to remember for all the right reasons.<\/p>\n

In an auditorium filled to near-capacity, Boyd and his forces rose splendidly to Vaughan Williams\u2019 symphonic demands. I\u2019d like to think that in some way we cannot comprehend, the spirit of that much-loved composer not only hovered over the proceedings but raised a hand in acknowledgement of a job splendidly handled.<\/p>\n

I hope the performance was recorded for later broadcast across Australia. It certainly deserved to be \u2013 and I hope that Douglas Boyd will be invited back to preside over further Vaughan Williams works.<\/p>\n

As curtain raiser, we listened to Saint Saens\u2019 Cello Concerto No 1. It\u2019s a trashy, shallow work \u2013 but, in the hands of a master cellist ( and Li-Wei Qin is definitely in that category), \u00a0the concerto sounded far better than it in fact is. This is no small achievement on the part of the soloist. I very much hope we\u2019ll hear this musician as soloist with the WASO again but in a work more befitting his exceptional skill in both technical and interpretative terms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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