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The Australian, May 10
2013
Reviewed by Murray Black
- Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir. Director: Paul Dyer. City Recital Hall, Sydney, May
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MOZART’S two greatest sacred choral works were left unfinished. The composer’s untimely death explains why the Requiem was not completed but it’s not clear why the C-minor Mass (1782) was also incomplete.
Fortunately, enough remains of the “Great” Mass to grant it masterpiece status. An intriguing work, it juxtaposes baroque-influenced choral movements with quasi-operatic solo vocal and instrumental passages. It is a challenge to integrate this stylistic diversity but Paul Dyer and his colleagues succeeded admirably. This was one of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s finest and most rewarding performances. In his Mozart interpretations, Dyer favours brisk speeds and strong contrasts in dynamics and phrasing. So it was here. He also
sustained excellent balance and well-defined lines. Together, these virtues imbued the mass with the right mixture of vitality, devotional intensity and lyricism.
Superb dynamic control and incisive rhythms generated a compelling account of the Qui tollis, the choir’s powerful, bright-toned Domine Jesu Christe revealed its Handelian splendour, and soprano Sara Macliver’s sensitive phrasing and soaring upper register were exquisite in Et incarnatus est.
The dusky-hued timbre of mezzosoprano Fiona Campbell, singing the second
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soprano part, made a striking contrast; she also impressed with her clarity and agile coloratura in Laudamus te.
In the concert’s first half, Dyer offered a miscellany of what he called Mozart’s more intimate music. Playing from memory, the ABO’s string section delivered a vibrant reading of Eine kleine Nachtmusik’s Allegro and the choir excelled in a Canon, K559, and a deeply felt Ave verum corpus. Equally enjoyable were two sprightly excerpts for basset horns (a duet and a trio) and a reflective account of the K296 violin sonata’s second movement.
Not everything worked. Although it was a good idea to link the pieces in a narrative arc, the actual dialogue was ill-conceived and superficial. Macliver and Campbell sounded uncomfortable when speaking. Worse was the performance of the adagio from the Gran Partita serenade. Macliver rightly described it as sublime, but what followed was a poorly blended and awkwardly shaped abomination of mismatched woodwind sounds.
MUSIC
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir. Director: Paul Dyer. City
Recital Hall, Sydney, May 8.
Concert repeated tonight, Saturday, May 15 and 17, City Recital Hall, Sydney. Tickets: $65-$154. Bookings: (02) 9328 7581. Melbourne Recital Centre, May 18 and 19. Tickets: $60-$140. Bookings: (03) 9699 3333.
