Book your flights to Brisbane because from April 10th – 18th, Brisbane will be seeped in the music of the Baroque with the relocation of Hobart’s Baroque festival to the more northern state capital, in the inaugural Brisbane Baroque Festival. The highlight of the festival is Handel’s three act opera Faramondo, his late masterpiece, presented in…
The Keys to our Sonorous Garden showcases two of the nation’s favourite sopranos, Anna Fraser and Jane Sheldon, supported by an ensemble of exceptional Australian early music specialists from Pinchgut Opera, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Latitude 37 and the Australian Haydn Ensemble. The concert also features international guest artist, Albert-Jan Roelofs from the Netherlands’ The Wallfisch…
The Song Company Love in Venice The City Recital Hall, Sydney Wednesday March 14th 2012 The contemporary relevance of 16th century European music is ever real. Roland Peelman, Artistic Director of The Song Company proved this when he chose 9 madrigals composed between 1603 and 1619, from Claudio Monteverdi’s vast oeuvre, and paired them with the highly theatrical…