
The CYO were out again in force and they were a feat of goodies. They were certainly out in force: there were about 70 of them, with 6 basses - in these straitened times, probably the biggest orchestra I hear. It fitted the repertoire which included a feast of brass- and percussion-heavy tunes, fanfares and the like. Certainly Stravinsky Firebird suite and Shostakovich Festive overture but also Hindemith Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber. It was a big program, but otherwise the works were more restrained. This 50th anniversary series features guests. The guests tonight were from the orchestra, the winner and runner-up from the CYO concerto competition, Shirahni Mudaliar playing Mozart the first movement of his violin concerto no.3 (not at all brassy or raucous) and winner Chayla Ueckert-Smith playing Vaughan Williams concerto for oboe and strings (more rural and again not rowdy). Both played well. I found it quite an ear-opener to hear such an expanse of oboe, which otherwise bobs up amongst strings or up front to tune.


The Canberra Youth Orchestra under Leonard Weiss performed Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Mozart and Vaughan Williams at Llewellyn Hall. Soloists were Chayla Ueckert-Smith (oboe) and Shirahni Mudaliar (violin).
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