Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton's operatic version of Kafka’s The Trial captures the essence of the book and this production does justice to the opera and its origin
Cellist Li-Wei Qin plays Tchaikovsky with a fantastically in-form West Australian Symphony Orchestra, in a programme with other works by Mozart and Wagner.
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra precedes Dvořák with equally well rendered works by Kodály and Bartók as the orchestra comes to grips with performing in a less than ideal venue.
An impressive new work by Paul Stanhope, Mahāsāgar (the Indian Ocean) is well sung and played by the WASO choir and orchestra with soloists Sara Macliver and Andrew Goodwin, alongside some oceanic favourites
A selection of Baroque works form an unusual concert, providing a showcase for violinist Shaun Lee-Chen and soprano Sara Macliver, highlighting the orchestra's versatility.
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.
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