ASO In Review

An exceptional review for ASO Magnificence from In Review. Click on the Source URL for the full review.

Bringing renowned Perth-based, British-born organist Joseph Nolan over for this ASO Magnificence concert seems to have been his initiative, and we can be especially thankful for that. Heard here once before in 2020, Nolan is an exceptional master of the instrument.

Fair to say, he was stunning in Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542. Along with a mountain of power that he is able to generate from the Cathedral’s 53-stop organ, he possesses an artistry that makes his playing totally satisfying. The big, stentorian chords that start the Fantasia bore wonderful heft and solidity, while the florid passages that lace them together, and especially the fugue that follows later, carried a surprising speed. How Nolan could dance his way so swiftly over the pedal notes with his feet was a sheer mystery.

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