3/5 Robbie P. 8 years ago on Google β’ 1 review
One
would
expect
with
high
anticipation
that
a
programme
of
Wagner,Schumann,and
Richard
Strauss
would
excite
the
senses,
dissolve
the
weekly
obstacles
and
issues
into
some
minor
blip,
and
make
one
luxuriate
in
and
embrace
something
far
greater...great,overpowering,emotional
music
making.
Yet
I
came
away
from
this
concert
feeling
slightly
underwhelmed,as
if
I'd
been
deprived
of
something
magical
which
should
have
been
there
but
never
quite
happened.
Yes
the
orchestra
played
well
,the
occasional
lapse
in
woodwind
intonation
apart,the
conductor
Asher
Fisch,
immersed
in
the
undeniable
exultation
and
joy
of
trying
to
wring
the
last
ounce
of
grandeur
and
beauty
from
each
piece.
And
then
it
all
became
very
clear...depth
of
tone,especially
from
the
lower
strings,
was
that
missing
ingredient.The
Wagner
and
Strauss
in
particular
cry
out
for
that
deep
down
string
power.
Several
years
ago
the
great
Berlin
State
Opera
Orchestra
visited
Sydney
with
a
programme
which
included
the
overture
to
Taanhauser
and
Strauss's
Death
and
Transfiguration.
Now
here
was
fabulous
beauty
of
tone
allied
to
incredible
power.
Now
THAT
truly
blew
one
away.....or
am
I
being
a
might
hypercritical.?
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