It's never too late for early music!
It’s never too late for early music! Monika & Stan Kornel Artistic Directors _____________________________________ ANNA FRASER soprano BELINDA MONTGOMERY soprano NADIA PIAVE soprano HANNAH FRASER alto NICOLE SMEULDER alto RICHARD BLACK tenor DAVID RUSSELL bass JANE DOWNER baroque oboe & oboe d’amore HANS-DIETER MICHATZ recorder STAN W. KORNEL baroque violin & viola d’amore JULIA RUSSONIELLO baroque violin FIONA ZIEGLER baroque violin & tenor viol VALMAI COGGINS baroque viola LAURA MOORE viola da gamba SHAUN NG viola da gamba & theorbo VERNA LEE harp MONIKA KORNEL harpsichord _____________________________________ 2015 CONCERT SERIES ST AUGUSTINE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH EATON STREET BALMAIN WESLEY MUSIC CENTRE 20 NATIONAL CIRCUIT FORREST Tickets for concerts at door $35/$25 or online http://www.sydneyconsort.com.au Enq: 0416 345 389 or music@sydneyconsort.com.au CONCERT 1 CONCERT 2 Get ready for a showcase of classical tunes from the Emerald Isle. This unusual program will feature the famous O’Carolan’s Concerto and other rarely performed music by composers of that era. The rhythm of Irish jig, charismatic harmony and celtic harp will prove a delight for both traditional Irish and classical music fans. The powerful and moving Stabat Mater by 18th century Maltese composer Girolamo Abos paints a picture of the Roman Catholic Holy Week liturgy in what was a contemporary Neapolitan setting during Abos’ time. The somber scoring for voices and strings with organ continuo is memorable for its melodic elegance, harmonic purity and inventive composition. Irish Baroque BALMAIN Friday 20 February 8pm ______________________ FORREST Sun 15 February 3pm ______________________ Stabat Mater BALMAIN Good Friday 3 April 8pm ______________________ CONCERT 3 Love Actually Through careful selection of the most interesting works by d’amore composers, this program’s ensemble offers a fresh and mesmerising perspective of their work. The ‘love’ chamber compositions display the elegance, light and nimble interpretations often encountered in the act of loving. These once forgotten or neglected compositions, which having now been resurrected, produce reactions akin to a freshly restored oil painting: restored colour, simmering tension, and highly charged emotion bursts to the surface in this incredibly vivid music. BALMAIN Friday 29 May 8pm ______________________ FORREST Sunday 31 May 7pm ______________________ CONCERT 4 The Organ Recital The Sydney Consort invites you to the second concert of its new series of Organ Recital. This fundraising event for the restoration of the 1886 heritage English pipe organ at St Augustine’s will feature an international guest organist. Do not miss this opportunity to attend the Organ Recital celebrating the William Hill pipe organ. BALMAIN Friday 18 September 8pm ______________________ CONCERT 5 CONCERT 6 Music was an important part of any aristocratic household in the 17th and 18th centuries, where the viola da gamba Cantata di Natale - Cinque Profeti inventively presents a conversation between the musical sensibilities. In this program, the Sydney Consort will host two viol da gambas, the tenor viol as well as the viola d‘amore and harpsichord and explore the rich repertoire that those instruments have to offer. The music for viols is equally as beautiful as the instruments featured in Vermeer‘s musically themed paintings. Although not all of the instruments of tonight‘s program are portrayed by the painter, they themselves will speak up in this concert and create an enthralling experience! about the birth of Christ. The varied music in simple arioso, The Viol Serenity Christmas Cantata BALMAIN Friday 13 November 8pm ______________________ FORREST Sunday 15 November 3pm ______________________ fugal writing are of such delicateness and lightness, uniting gentle and subtle melodies, that it surely must have been written to capture the special nature of the Christmas season. This extraordinary composition carries the listener back 300 years to the sights and sounds of 18th-Century Europe. BALMAIN Friday 18 December 8pm ______________________
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