The Sydney Consort – Mediterranean Baroque

The Sydney Consort – Mediterranean Baroque

The Sydney Consort 2017 concert season opens with the program Mediterranean Baroque, with music by composers living in south Italy, Sicily, Malta, Turkey and Spain. The music contains typical dance like rhythms heard in Folia, Ciaccona, Malaguena, Passacaille and Fandango with their southern flavor, unique rhythms and sensual harmonies, making them distinct from baroque music in other European countries. Music by Gaspar Sanz,…

CD Review: The Greats – Masters Of European Music

CD Review: The Greats – Masters Of European Music

Last weekend I had the exceptional pleasure of strolling through the Art Gallery of New South Wales, viewing its spring/summer exhibition of over 70 paintings – The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland. The collection spans more than four centuries of art with works from the Renaissance (Botticelli’s The Virgin adoring the sleeping…