The West Australian Symphony Orchestra open their 2024 Season with a fabulous concert of Rachmaninov, Strauss and Western Australian Composer Aaron Wyatt.
Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben was completed in 1898. The work contains more than thirty quotations from Strauss's earlier works, including Also sprach Zarathustra, Till Eulenspiegel, Don Quixote, Don Juan, and Death and Transfiguration.
Sergei Rachmaninov wrote his third piano concerto in 1909 for a debut tour of North America, it is considered one of the most technically demanding works of the repertoire.
This concert opens with a reworked orchestral version of Aaron Wyatt’s piece The Coming Dawn originally written for didgeridoo, string quartet and vibraphone.
Recorded live in concert by ABC Classic at the Perth Concert Hall on the 8th of March 2024. Producer/Engineer Gavin Fernie. Engineer Jeremy Turner.
Program.
Aaron WYATT: The Coming Dawn
Sergei RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor
Richard STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)
Artists.
Yeol Eum Son (piano)
Richard Walley (didgeridoo)
Aaron Wyatt (conductor)
Asher Fisch (conductor)
