Review: Discovery Concert: The Classical Symphony (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
WASO and Asher Fisch illuminate the Classical symphony.
June 30, 2019
Will Yeoman
Will Yeoman is a former senior arts writer and current travel journalist for The West Australian newspaper. A regular contributor to Limelight and Gramophone, he is also Artistic Director of the York Festival and a keen classical guitarist.
Articles by Will Yeoman
Review: Jet Set! (Gudrun Sidonie Otto, New Dutch Academy/Simon Murphy)
A fun approach to programming brings the 18th century alive.
June 24, 2019
Review: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Vadim Gluzman, Asher Fisch and WASO triumph in Tchaikovsky.
June 23, 2019
Review: Romantic Rachmaninov & Symphonic Sorcery! (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Magical performances of romantic classics leave the audience spellbound.
June 3, 2019
Review: JS Bach: Violin Concertos (Isabelle Faust)
A master’s timeless music by a true musical adventurer.
May 13, 2019
Review: L’Alessandro Amante (Xavier Sabata, Vespres D’Arnadí)
Sabata paints a multi-faceted portrait of Alexander the Great.
May 6, 2019
Review: Handel: Serse (Franco Fagioli ct, Il Pomo D’Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev)
Nothing shady about Xerxes in a hot new Handel recording.
May 6, 2019
Review: Bach’s St Matthew Passion (WASO, St George’s Cathedral Consort)
Truncated version of the classic not short on power and passion.
April 19, 2019
Review: Romantic Bach (Jayson Gillham)
When intimate goes epic: Gillham glows in Bach originals and transcriptions.
April 1, 2019
Review: Telemann: Essercizii Musici (Florilegium)
A welcome exercise regime.
March 26, 2019
Review: Soundscape (Capella de la Torre/Katharina Bäuml)
Music from the time of Leonardo performed with plenty of genius.
March 18, 2019
Review: Mozart Symphony No 40 (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Siobhan Stagg, Asher Fisch and WASO fire on all cylinders in this unusual program.
March 18, 2019
Review: Schubert: String Quartets Nos 9 & 14 (Chiaroscuro Quartet)
Chiaoscuros give lean mean account of death-saturated classic.
February 21, 2019