Soubasse
New member
Have just returned from a thoroughly entertaining birthday celebration for the Adelaide Town Hall's superb J W Walker organ. The magnificent Thomas Trotter (with the city's Symphony Orchestra) performed some solo pieces along with the main drawcard, Jongen's Symphonie Concertante.
It was a pleasantly cyclic move having TT performing as it was he who first played the instrument upon it's completion in the Walker factory in Suffolk before it was shipped to Oz.
Dr Trotter was as brilliant as ever. His solo pieces were the Hollins c minor Concert Overture, a fascinating piece by Wammes titled Mirior and that piece of Thalben-Ball, the Paganini Variations for pedals.
The orchestra were not up to their usual high standard during Walton's Crown Imperial Coronation March but thankfully managed to lift their game for the Jongen which, largely thanks to Thomas Trotter's role, was nothing short of stunning.
It was a pleasantly cyclic move having TT performing as it was he who first played the instrument upon it's completion in the Walker factory in Suffolk before it was shipped to Oz.
Dr Trotter was as brilliant as ever. His solo pieces were the Hollins c minor Concert Overture, a fascinating piece by Wammes titled Mirior and that piece of Thalben-Ball, the Paganini Variations for pedals.
The orchestra were not up to their usual high standard during Walton's Crown Imperial Coronation March but thankfully managed to lift their game for the Jongen which, largely thanks to Thomas Trotter's role, was nothing short of stunning.