From the Middle C review of our Leonore concert, Saturday 31 July 2021
‘Conductor Andrew Joyce drew real exuberance from his players…
‘Nowhere in this work is Dvořák more “Bohemian” than with the Scherzo, whose main body is a Furiant, an exciting, quick-moving dance-form seeming to move between two-four and three-four rhythm. Joyce kept his players on their toes throughout, varying the dynamics in an ear-catching way, and delineating the trajectories firmly…’
Read the whole review here: https://middle-c.org/2021/07/wellington-youth-orchestra-and-andrew-joyce-take-on-quintessential-beethoven-and-dvorak/