Handel’s Messiah was first performed in Easter Week, 1742 and Sandra Bowdler has found a revival of that event that was near perfection.
Tag Archives: St George’s Cathedral Consort
Reviews
Easter (Oratorio) arrives in Perth
1 April 2021
The St George’s Cathedral Consort expands the musical horizon for West Australians in this Holy Week collaboration with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
Reviews
WA’s musical richness on display
10 March 2021
Perth Festival’s second chamber music concert highlights the extraordinary talent of Western Australian musicians in a concert of intimacy and magnitude, writes Rosalind Appleby.
Reviews
Plenty of Perth talent
25 November 2020
West Australian musicians shine as national chamber music organisation Musica Viva returns to the Perth Concert Hall. Sandra Bowdler reflects on the state’s impressive talent pool.
Podcasts
A Festival to crush cultural cringe
18 November 2020
Listen to Perth Festival Artistic Director Iain Grandage tell Nina Levy why he’s so excited to be presenting a local line-up in 2021.
Features
Dipping into our home-grown Festival
18 November 2020
To celebrate the 2021 Perth Festival programme launch, Seesaw’s Nina Levy shares her top picks from the line-up.
Reviews
Christmas joy
15 December 2019
St George’s Cathedral Consort, ‘Bach’s Christmas Oratorio’ ·
Perth Concert Hall, December 13 ·
Review by Sandra Bowdler ·
Reviews
Fisch comes full circle
1 December 2019
Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Verdi’s Requiem ⋅
Perth Concert Hall, 29 November ⋅
Review by Rosalind Appleby ⋅
Event
Music: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
15 November 2019
13 December @ Perth Concert Hall · Presented by St George’s Concert Series · The cream of WA musicianship, conducted by Artistic Director Joseph Nolan, performs …
Event
Music: Verdi’s Requiem
12 November 2019
29 & 30 November @ Perth Concert Hall · Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Operatic in its earth-shaking intensity, Verdi’s great sacred masterpiece is staggeringly …
