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Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Grandeur (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra)

Soprano Sara Macliver shines in an exciting concert of contrasts — two Baroque gems and two compelling new works.

April 15, 2024
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate Pueri, Nisi Dominus (RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Justin Doyle)

Brilliant young Handel on display in energetic accounts.

April 10, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Total Eclipse: Handel at Home, Vol. 2 (London Handel Players)

All the drama of Handel expertly recreated in miniature.

March 4, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

The 2023 Limelight Recording of the Year

In a nail-bitingly close contest, an independent label carries off the top prize.

November 20, 2023
Classical Music, Opera
features

A Knight at the Opera

We trace Handel’s journey to London and talk with Erin Helyard of Pinchgut Opera, which is about to stage its first Handel opera – Rinaldo.

October 23, 2023
Opera
news

Pinchgut Opera launches 2024 season

Hail Caesar! Sydney's Baroque opera specialists to present some of the most enduring works in the repertoire in 2024.

October 10, 2023
Opera
features

Harry Bicket on Handel’s tree-hugging tyrant

The English Concert's music director explains why every bar of Serse is worth recording.

September 7, 2023
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Handel: Serse (The English Concert, Harry Bicket)

Tree's company in this sublime account of one of Handel's most popular operas.

August 21, 2023
Live Review

Review: Space Music (Australian Baroque)

A short, sweet and informative voyage into deep space with Australian Baroque at the helm.

April 21, 2023
Chamber
features

Sweet Melodies and Angry Tempests

Salut! Baroque's Sally Melhuish explains how competition and rivalry became a catalyst for creativity in English music.

April 18, 2023
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Samson (St George’s Cathedral Consort)

This presentation of a neglected masterpiece in an abridged version by Joseph Nolan proved welcome and accomplished, but it undercut the work’s complexity and didn't always do justice to Handel’s genius.

December 12, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

Sir Andrew Davis retouches Messiah for the 21st century

The jovial British conductor reveals a very personal relationship with Handel's masterpiece, as he prepares to conduct his arrangement with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

November 30, 2022
Opera
news

Pinchgut Opera announces its 2023 season

With an Australian premiere by Legrenzi and a masterpiece by Handel, the company continues its tradition of breathing new life into unknown or rarely performed works.

October 6, 2022

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