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Reviews
Orchestra presents a mixed bill
30 November 2020
Beethoven has lost his swagger but Brahms shines even brighter. Leon Levy reviews the West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s final mainstage concert for 2020.
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Reviews
Bold new ‘Fidelio’ soars
29 February 2020
Rosalind Appleby finds the contemporary themes of Alison Croggon’s new libretto sit comfortably in Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio.
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Features
The heart of collaboration
4 February 2020
In a chat with Roma Yibiyung Winmar and Iain Grandage, Rosalind Appleby discovers Perth Festival’s beating heart.
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Reviews
Pomp and gloom
17 October 2019
Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, ‘Beethoven’s Eroica’ ⋅
Perth Concert Hall, October 11 ⋅
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Features
WASO’s 2020 vision
27 August 2019
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra have launched their 2020 program. On the eve of their program launch Rosalind Appleby caught up with principal conductor Asher Fisch …
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Reviews
Old made new
16 April 2019
West Australian Academy of Performing Arts: “Beethoven: Moonlight and Pathétique” ⋅ Richard Gill Auditorium, April 12 ⋅ Review by Sandra Bowdler ⋅ Charisma is a slippery thing, impossible to define, …
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Reviews
An ode to flair and imagination
16 March 2018
Review: “Ode to Joy”, Asher Fisch conducting West Australian Symphony Orchestra & Chorus · Program: Beethoven’s Zur Namensfeier: overture; Fantasia for Piano, Chorus & Orchestra Choral …
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