Gloriana review

[pyrrha17]

Clive O'Connell, the reviewer from The Age attended our concert on Sunday, and below is what he had to say. It's possibly not going to get published (maybe next week) as The Age has stuff-all arts coverage these days. I added links for the words I didn't know (I'm obviously so ignorant!)...

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USUALLY, you hear the Rachmaninoff Vespers at night

Comments

[mountainsnow]

Oh no you arent ignorant..... good god it sounds like this guy either hit the thesaurus OR has a 'word of the day' desk top calendar. I mean the Anglican church in Fitzroy.... comfortable? and yet we were ideally after crepuscular atmosphere? And he is no musician. Who refers to the fifth movement as 'movement 5'? And how can he say (although Im sure it was really really great) that someone's performance was 'remarkably authentic'... when exactly did he hear the first performance of this work?

I would kick his butt if I was his editor. Correct and creative english yes.... words that makes the reader turn the page.... not so good.

OK I'll stop now. I wish I had been there.... although my behaviour lately... it wouldnt have been missing twilight ambiance but the lightning induced fire ..... that would have made print. LOL

[pyrrha17]

Yeah, but he doesn't really critique - he barely says anything other than waffle and padding. Apparently he barely knows the work so is just making up waffle to make himself sound good.

Overall it is very positive though :)

[pyrrha17]

Yeah, this guy must have one padded arse, because those pews are anything but comfortable! My Dad regularly brings a cushion to sit on.

Oh, I think the 'remarkably authentic' was referring to the alto soloist's sound: she's about as Russian as my pillow here and was really struggling with the words in the rehearsal. However she has an amazing Russian sound to her voice. It's a huge voice and very appropriate for the part.

It was a great concert. If you're near a radio on Sunday 14 Dec at 3pm, tune in to ABC Classic FM (103.5) for the Sunday Live performance - that's us, in the Iwaki Auditorium. Really big for us - we've been broadcast on ABC before, but never live!

And here's me coming down with a cold :(

[pyrrha17]

Thanks sjl! I'm always muddling those two up... being the only two I ever listen to.

[pezzae]

Just wondering, as I couldn't see - did the mezzo or the tenor do the solo in the second movement that's usually an alto?

[pyrrha17]

It was the 'mezzo'. Y'know, hearing her voice, I'd really call her an alto!