The music world is celebrating the 450th anniversary of the birth of the great Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. In Sydney, Les Arts Florissants will perform two concerts in two separate programs of Monteverdi Madrigals on successive evenings. The Cremona madrigals are performed on Monday 3 April at 7.30pm and the Mantua madrigals on Tuesday 4…
In an Italian Garden Les Arts Florissant and Le Jardin des Voix, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, March 12, 2015. After an absence of more than a decade, the two dozen or so instrumentalists of Les Arts Florissants and the six vocalists of their vocal academy, Le Jardin des Voix returned to perform in Sydney,…
For William Christie, it seems that the music of the past will never have a ‘use by’ date. Talking to SoundsLikeSydney from Paris, the softly spoken American born harpsichordist and conductor is soon to tour to Sydney with Les Arts Florissants, the ensemble he established in 1979, along with six emerging singers, Le Jardin des…