While the soloists shine brightly in Samson, Penny Shaw is captivated by the magnificent St George’s Cathedral Consort and orchestra.
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Reviews
Great masters and young stars align
23 May 2022
The Irwin Street Collective focuses on breathing new life into old music but their latest concert also provided a showcase for a future star, writes Stewart Smith.
Reviews
Baroque brilliance in Fremantle
15 November 2021
Freeze Frame Opera brings together Australia’s leading exponents of Baroque music for what Sandra Bowdler says is an exquisite opera concert.
Reviews
Lockdown delivers an operatic good time
20 August 2021
An innovative inter-faculty opera from the University of Western Australia finds the intersection between Baroque arias and a pandemic, says Rosalind Appleby
Reviews
Perth ‘Candlelight’ concert delivers on spectacle and talent
24 March 2021
Have you seen the online advertising and wondered if it was a scam? Claire Coleman checks out “Candlelight: Vivaldi Four Seasons” at Winthrop Hall and discovers good news.
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.
