“…Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings secured a richly expressive reading under Rachael Young’s baton”
Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion
Written on July 13, 2016
Her conducting is quite similar to Paavo Järvi […]. Just like Järvi, she is rooted to the ground on her pedestal and it seems like no storm could ever move her from her spot. […] she is particularly economical in her gestures and reserves energetic action for just a few, extraordinary moments. Then […] a fierce sound arises from the deepest depth of the… read more »
Written on April 26, 2016
Written on December 1, 2012
Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings secured a richly expressive reading under Rachael Young’s baton. (Robert Matthew-Walker in the December issue of Musical Opinion)
Written on November 27, 2012
Even today it is rare to see the conductor’s baton in a female hand, a great pity if this performance was anything to go by. Young’s movements were fluid and almost balletic and she lead with confidence and panache. [...] (The Tchaikovsky)...was also ... (performed)... from the heart, and ended in a veritable storm of applause.
Written on November 24, 2012
The closing pages, as the speeds got faster were anything but a mad scramble. Young was firmly in control and unflappable, bringing the work to a disciplined, brilliant finish. […] In the first movement there was a lovely rich depth to the textures, superb unanimity from the players but without being straitjacketed. […] Young encouraged the players in delivering a rather massive and dark interpretation of the movement. Then suddenly it… read more »