“There was, as always with Orchestra Wellington, such a warm vibe, the audience there to learn, to take part, to share in the magic. A sublime concert. One of my favourites from this year.”
soloist, Amalia Hall
“A great, brilliantly supported, year for the orchestra, highlighted by real marketing that would be a lesson for many an arts organisation.”
“Well, it was quite a night for Orchestra Wellington! – in front of an enthusiastic and appreciative audience at the Michael Fowler Centre on Saturday evening the musicians put everything they had into making the final night of the orchestra’s 2018 concert season one to remember.”
“…the undisputed highlight of the entire evening came when Taddei boldly shaped the end of the Lento – Largo movement into a hollowing deconstruction of the material presented earlier. This intention manifests on some level in the notes that Shostakovich put on the page, of course, but I’d never heard it the way I’m now convinced it should be heard until Sunday.”
“All in all, a performance that showed just why Orchestra Wellington has developed such an astonishing following.”