A French Baroque Rendez-Vous in Perth

Bonnie de la Hunty and Sarah Papadopoulos

The Marais Project and HIP Company in the Perth Government House Ballroom

Par Sandra Bowdler, 06 octobre 2025

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“effortless grace and delicacy came courtesy of scholarship, dedication and musical virtuosity”

Critique faite à Perth Government House Ballroom, Perth WA, le 4 octobre 2025

Parmi les œuvres au programme:

Boësset, Nos esprits libres et contents

Moulinié, Objét le plus beau

Sainte-Colombe, Concert à deux violes esgales, Concert XI (Sarabande & Gavotte)

Planson, Puisque le ciel veut ainsi

Charpentier, Feuillages verts, naissez, H.449a

Marais, Pièces de viole, livre I : Suite no. 1 à deux violes (excerpts)

Rebel, Violin Sonata no. 6 in B minor (excerpts)

Jacquet de la Guerre, Céphale et Procris (excerpts)

Charpentier, Chaconne: Sans frayeur dans ce bois

The Marais Project

Jenny Eriksson, Viole de gambe

Susie Bishop, Soprano

Tommie Andersson, Théorbe

HIP Company

Bonnie de la Hunty, Soprano

Sarah Papadopoulos, Violon

Krista Low, Viole de gambe

An unusual treat for Perth: HIP Company presents Eccles’ Semele

Sandra Bowdler, 14th April

Eccles' version of Semele would be a real treat to hear anywhere, but especially so for Perth (Western Australia), from the newish Baroque company HIP displaying a wealth of young talent.

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An unusual treat for Perth: HIP Company presents Eccles’ Semele

Sandra Bowdler, 14th April

Eccles' version of Semele would be a real treat to hear anywhere, but especially so for Perth (Western Australia), from the newish Baroque company HIP displaying a wealth of young talent.

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Vivaldi and Handel for Holy Week in Perth

Sandra Bowdler, 27th March

The pairing of Vivaldi's Gloria with Handel's Dixit Dominus makes for an interesting combination with, on this occasion, the latter making the more dramatic impact with the always impressive St George's Cathedral Consort.

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A streamlined, dramatic Rinaldo from Pinchgut

Sandra Bowdler, 30th November

Although abbreviated, Pinchgut Opera's production of Handel's Rinaldo makes a powerful dramatic impact and exemplifies high musical values, with excellent orchestral playing and consistently fine singing.

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Rustioni, Dovgan, le National et les démons russes à Radio France

Pierre Michel, 16th April

Le chef italien insuffle une âme dans chacun des quatre mouvements de la Symphonie Manfred de Tchaïkovski, tandis que la pianiste russe joue les diablotins grâce à un jeu d’une précision millimétrée dans Rachmaninov.

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Le paradoxe Rémi Geniet Salle Cortot

Pierre Michel, 15th April

Dans un récital intelligemment construit, associant Scarlatti et Ravel puis Schubert et Chopin, le pianiste a montré l'étendue de ses qualités digitales mais l'ensemble a manqué de poésie et de cohérence.

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Sandra Bowdler

Sandra Bowdler was born and educated in Sydney, and has pursued a career as an archaeologist since graduating from the University of Sydney in 1970. She is now Emeritus Professor of Archaeology and a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia in the School of Social Sciences and the School of Music. Since attending a production of Handel’s opera Alcina at the Sydney Opera House in 1982, she has become a devotee of the works of GF Handel, and Baroque music generally. In 1996 she began writing opera reviews for online outlets, graduating to more professional sources by 2000. In 2007, she inaugurated Festival Baroque Australia in Perth, Western Australia, Australia’s first Baroque music festival. Under that banner, she curated two festivals and several concerts in Perth.