Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

The Sunday Mail June 11th, 1978 Reviewed by FREDERIC ROGERS Youth not there WITH an audience again far from capacity 111 the seeond of the A.B.C."s 'Series 26' AT01111 at the City Hall hL-;t nil{ht, the question of Jtroviding a 11rog-ramrn~ to allrad young people remain,,; unans wered. For here was n pro- or works by 1-:11glish compose r, re– fn'sh1n~Jy tUthnckncyed apnrt front Eli:;nr's Pomp and Oircumsl.ancc l\larch No. I. And SUII they did 110L respond in nppro– JJ1·int.c numbers. Va u s h u n WIiiiams' Overture lo "'The Wnsps·· Ix II clever, extre mt•ly co 111 1> c L r. n t l y written piece that 111 ll.s Jig h t– heartcdnes.11 and s1\t.ire :, ho u I d hnvc bePn n drawcnrd : F:lgur·s " Cock– nl~rw'• 0\'Crl,ure _le; a subtle yet en~ily undet·– stood work. In Its u1.ter, some– tinu.'fi ratlhe-r cloying, ro111nnf.lclsm . '1 'he Walk t.o Ull' Paradise Onrcten ." or DPllus n11ght con– fldL•nlly huvc bl•(•n ex- r>erlrd to a,,11enl lo ln– cxpcr1(•th'fld contcrt– gor.r:; and, or course, the "Pomp uml Curc11111s – t a 11 CC'' al fflrit11i UC\.'Cr lose.Ii ir.x cn.p11cIty for sLlr– ring national cmot1011s through ILR " L, md or H ope uui.t Glory" assooi.. a tion. Four or l,he mo.st im– mudIutel}• nt11u!<!ii1~ items from \Valton's " Fat'lld('" Su1to n.rc l>ei-lmp.'i 1'10 subtle 111 their sencllr1t:– UJ> or t11e1r mon ,,• ., l,d he r 11 11 y a ppreclnted by youn-: nudicn cs hut nre g00c1 fuu nevertheless. The &une comr>olicr·., ViolLL Ou11c~rto wns the odd mun out Jn Ute nr11- gra111111c; tt Li; n roII~,<1- er:,hly ndv11.11red Wtll'k , n ut It COU!cl luwe hL•t•n rogardr•d os thr pill wiLh– ht t1Ic :.1u:m· coat.lJ1g or tile re:;t. 01 the proceed– lllt.,"l'f. I n the e vent, QucC'nslanct S,v1nphony Orchestra, under guest conductor f-lNtr,v K.riJ).S, wu.'i in aurf,ciently good form Cur 11.S qurtltL,y to havo been apparm,t. to thr ll•ast muslcuUy in– clined. John Curro. soloist ln f,he concerto. was at tl111es trouiJlecl In ~tt1111r his line UH'ough the s u1·,. 1>orllng texLure and bat– tmce could have been 111nre ncce1>table fn the ' · Fu c ad c ·' pieces. but tho.'ic nre mattel's for the CQnnolsseur to cons ider. Com e alo11 g , young 1x 11 )fllt.•: Lh<'se concert.a lll'C for you. 'SCOOP' FOR GALLERY \\'11'11 11n•1rnration.~ for lhe dis11lay of forlhcomini:- exhihil– ions. the (!ut•enslan(I :\rf 1;allcl'y 1Va>1 a VCl'_I' husy 11lacc on Friday. But II wn.'i nn loo IJu. ,. ror tllr,•<·tor r-taoul l\'f•"l - 11:-ih l•• find t IIIIC l.o J:,: IV • lllt.• (I Mh',I " J)rf' ~'ll.'W of tlw G.1ll1•n ·.• ln tc•:-l n r – r1111.-.i11011 - a U w lJ 11 rn ll0rlrn1t.. Ttir ''.::-.c, O\,fl 1111 n 11.1. •·· n. ., ~1 r. t\1t•ll1.'il1 ~·11Lh11- ~1m,11 ally d f""(' l'ltJ('., 11. Ii, a " f''•ll'f l"III 01 J\.l:1J1,r Cll'llt•ra.l A lt•~lltltff'r ~ l11r– tll\' M11r Grt•i.:0 1 tL'i tt Yu1111" !\11tn ·· h h11" ht•r.111 rrH jritU v lrnih"f.l :\"' "on, or lhr t:n •:•l•~ l aa 1 1lt•\'r1111•nl • ur Nlr lh•u r y l(1tl'hUru, Anrt ltn\'1n '-" f'lt nod •~11111111,•d ii .1. rl ., • fJ twrl t•r!\, ll1f'rC' 1:-. nn1!1111~: (Q d t) huL {',Jfl('llr Wllh t111-. u1 111H,m, tr,,w,•v,•r, 1111• p11hllr will nol h:l\'1• ln ~·nit fOJ• lhl' flltl'nl11~ u( tlw lll'W ,ratlt•rv to w e tfwir lal,•,t tn •ru tm•: il " '" lw nUl – cit.fly "uu v\.'il1•d'' hJ lhl• tru...,l1!C"i' prt>sid1'nl {l\fr. ,fu,1f1:r ( '01111011,v, ( ".H.K) nt•d Fri,fay t'\'L•nln,: at !i.:IO In Ihr Oa.11,•r,v I l•'irth Floor, l\lli\f HuilcUn.i:. tf,O Ann Slri•t•ll. Rrntw,11 orh,e1n, r1t•nt 1111.•1i1h('r.~ !-;('oltl~h Ctllt11/lt11 11 ly nr1~ha11,• \l.'1/1 ht• pn•M'n t tlll(I "S1:ot1 ,,h flll ~('r Will p/ \}' ~· ·-. .. . ..... . ~-:..·· ..... ~- .