View + 4 Photos The choir and orchestra were assembled and Goulburn's Sts Peter and Paul's Cathedral was packed when Paul Paviour OAM stepped up to conduct The Messiah. Subscribe now for unlimited access . $ 0 / (min cost $ 0 ) Login or signup to continue reading Continue with Email Continue with Google Continue with Apple See subscription options It was December, 2011, months of rehearsal had gone into the performance and musicians had travelled from far and wide.
Mr Paviour approached the music stand only to find no score in place. "His wife, Margaret, nearly had a kittens," former choir member, Leon Oberg recalled. ".
..He conducted the entire Messiah without a music score in front of him and never missed an instruction.
It was just uncanny how he did it. Paul was such a professional musician that he knew every note." Plaudits are flowing for Paul Paviour's immense contribution to Goulburn's musical life, following his passing on Friday, May 24.
He died peacefully at his home, aged ninety-three. The composer, organist, pianist and conductor poured his high qualifications and generosity into the city's choirs, theatre groups, Saint Saviour's Cathedral where he was music director for many years, and countless students. He was founding director of the Goulburn Conservatorium of Music, now the Hume Regional Conservatorium, which started in a few small rooms at the existing building's rear.
He twice performed for Queen Elizabeth II, firstly at her 1953 coronation and again at th.
