WASO’s double bill of Elgar and Bruckner is the ideal escape on a rainy Perth night, writes Varnya Bromilow.
Tag Archives: Perth Concert Hall
Reviews
Chamber champions worth the wait
20 May 2022
Our reviewer Claire Coleman joins an ecstatic crowd lapping up the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s return to the West.
Reviews
Van Diemen’s Band are bringing down the borders
27 April 2022
Baroque ensemble Van Diemen’s Band offer a timely program that addresses issues around the shifting nature of borders, writes Penny Shaw.
Reviews
Handel’s masterwork – 280 years and not out
14 April 2022
Handel’s Messiah was first performed in Easter Week, 1742 and Sandra Bowdler has found a revival of that event that was near perfection.
Features
How to listen to an orchestra
11 April 2022
Are you put off by the idea of classical music as high-brow and inaccessible? Bourby Webster has 10 tips to help you have the experience of your life at an orchestral concert.
Reviews
WASO plays a symphony for tumultuous times
21 March 2022
Tchaikovsky’s ‘Sixth Symphony’, or the ‘Pathetique’, has always carried a sense of darkness, which makes WASO’s performance of the composer’s final work perfect for these uncertain times, writes Rosalind Appleby.
Reviews
‘Become Ocean’ – marine motions in music
7 March 2022
In Become Ocean, WASO and WAYO offer two new works that tinker at the conceptual boundaries of Perth Festival’s theme “Wardan” (ocean), writes Claire Coleman.
Reviews
Musica Viva – planning perfection launches music season
22 February 2022
The first Musica Viva concert for the year takes Penny Shaw on an emotional rollercoaster, spanning centuries as well as continents, from fun and frivolity to the depths of depression.
Features
Orchestra invites dancers to spring into Stravinsky
13 January 2022
Western Australian Youth Orchestra is injecting some bounce into its repertoire, in a collaboration with choreographer Scott Elstermann that sees six dancers performing on mini-trampolines. Nina Levy jumps in to learn more.
Reviews
Local focus yields rich rewards
10 November 2021
2021 has been the year of showcasing extraordinary WA talent for Musica Viva and this concert, showcasing the Sartory String Quartet and teen pianist Shuan Hern Lee, was a stunning example.
