The Marais Project performs The Fantastical Life of Daniel Solander: Australia’s First Swede, featuring Swedish folk and art music and songs from the Australian Colonial Era with dramatised excerpts from the diaries of Sir Joseph Banks & Captain James Cook.
Tasmanian Baroque ensemble, Van Diemen’s Band tours in seven cities across Australia for Musica Viva. Comprising some ofthe country’s most highly respected early music specialists, Van Dieman's Band was founded in 2016 by violinist Julia Fredersdorff. Van Diemen’s Band explores the creativity and freedom of expression in music of the baroque while deferring to historical sources on style and instrumentation. Presenting a program that explores the historic borderlands of Europe, Van Diemen’s Band will highlight some of the remarkable music that was composed in times of significant, sweeping change – whether that be as the result of cultural exchange or violent conquest.
The Marais Project presents Precious Colours, a concert celebrating the release of its distinctive new album, Australian Monody.
Salut! Baroque performs The New World, a captivating program of baroque music from the Old and New Worlds. Concerts in Sydney and Canberra
Bach Akademie Australia led by its Artistic Director, early music specialist and virtuoso violinist, Madeleine Easton, continues its 2022 season with In Bach’s Orbit: the nature and nurture of true genius. Presented in two Sydney concerts also streamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall, the programe celebrates the music of J S Bach and the composers who influenced and inspired him. The performances feature renowned Australian countertenor Russell Harcourt. The first concert will also be livestreamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall.
Bach Akademie Australia closes its 2022 season in November with two concerts in Sydney and Chatswood, dedicated to thanksgiving, traversing a path from Italy to Germany and featuring music by Monteverdi, Marini, Merula, Gabrieli, Schütz and of course, the inspiration for this ensemble, J S Bach.
The Marais Project presents a selection of the finest English songs in 'A Pilgrime’s Solace: Dowland’s last songs & Danyel’s funeral tears.' Featuring tenor Koen van Stade with lutenist Tommie Andersson and Jenny Eriksson playing the viola da gamba, the concerts celebrate the extraordinary composer and lutenist, John Dowland (1563–1626) whose popularity endures nearly 400 years after he died.
Jordi Savall, the legendary exponent of early music presents Fantasies, Battles and Dances: The Golden Age of European Consort Music with the ensemble he formed in 1974, Hespèrion XXI.
Salut! Baroque’s 'The Cosmopolitans’ is performed in Sydney and Canberra featuring music by Lully, Couperin, J S Bach, Georg Muffat, Rameau and Telemann.