Abandon your notions regarding the viola da gamba when you listen to this recording, Lady Sings the Viol, from The Marais Project. In their 4th studio recording, the ensemble, led by gambist, founder and Music Director Jennifer Erkisson has gathered an ensemble of 5 female voices (Belinda Montgomery, Nicole Thomson, Megan Cronin, Narelle Evans, Mara Kiek)…
Opening night photos from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir’s Bach Eternal programme. There are several more performances between now and May 19th. http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/brandenburg-earlybird-offer-for-bach-eternal/7136.html Images by courtesy of and taken by Steven Godbee.
The St John Passion BWV 245 was Johann Sebastian Bach’s first and is his most oft performed passion. It’s a repository of the best of Baroque writing, replete with choruses and da capo arias, recitatives, tutti and small group (concertino) sections. It contains writing and orchestration that makes Baroque music able to fulfil the twin…