{"id":18047,"date":"2015-02-07T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T04:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=18047"},"modified":"2015-02-07T15:21:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T04:21:52","slug":"the-australian-brandenburg-orchestra-ascends-to-heaven-and-harmony-with-handel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=18047","title":{"rendered":"The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Ascends To Heaven And Harmony With Handel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra throws open the doors to 2015 with \u00a0a celebration of the music of George Frideric Handel.<\/p>\n

Entitled Handel: Heaven and Harmony<\/em>, the ensemble is joined by Argentine soprano Mariana Flores and Portuguese tenor\u00a0Fernando Guimar\u00e3es, both specialists in early music.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir outstanding vocal purity and on-stage chemistry will totally spellbind Australian audiences, as they have done together around Europe.\u201d says Paul Dyer, Artistic Director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had my eye on Mariana and Fernando as their careers have gathered momentum,\u201d says Paul, \u201cand have been so keen to work with them that I\u2019ve programmed a concert that totally capitalizes on their talents, special bond and charisma. They\u2018ve performed over 100 concerts together throughout Europe since they first met and became friends just six years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is something magical about this combination. Mariana has a clear toned authority and sensual edge which melds superbly with Fernando\u2019s formidable technique and matin\u00e9e idol looks.\u00a0I can\u2019t wait to bring this dream pairing to the Brandenburg stage.\u201c<\/p>\n

Mariana Flores and Fernando \u00a0Guimar\u00e3es\u00a0will make their Australian debuts, alongside the Brandenburg Choir and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, in an all-Handel concert that includes Handel’s great tribute to the patron saint of music and musicians, St Cecilia.<\/p>\n

Handel: Heaven and Harmony<\/em>\u00a0comprises the great choral masterpiece Ode for St Cecilia\u2019s Day, <\/em>the seldom heard cantata Look down, harmonious<\/em> Saint<\/em>, a singularly perfect love duet, and one of Handel\u2019s \u2018greatest hits, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

After graduating in singing from her native Argentina, Flores moved to\u00a0Switzerland where she studied at the\u00a0Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Her teachers included another great Argentinian singer, Bernarda Fink. presently based in Basel, Flores has shared the stage with Capella Meditteranea, the Clematis Ensemble and has recorded for Harmoni Mundi, France, performing repertoire by Monteverdi, CPE Bach, Buxtehude and Barbara strozzi.<\/p>\n

Born in Oporto,\u00a0Guimar\u00e3es has performed with ensembles which include Les Arts Florissants,\u00a0L\u2019Arpeggiata, Boston Baroque and the Orchestra of the Age 0f Enlightenment.<\/p>\n

The performers: Mariana Flores (Argentina) soprano\/Fernando Guimar\u00e3res (Portugal) tenor\/Brandenburg Choir\/Australian Brandenburg Orchestra\u00a0\/Paul Dyer AO artistic director\/conductor.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

The programme:\u00a0<\/p>\n

GF Handel:\u00a0Sinfonia Arrival of the Queen of\u00a0Sheba\u00a0<\/em>from Solomon <\/em>HWV 67\/\u00a0Cantata Look down,\u00a0harmonious Saint\u00a0<\/em>HWV 124\/Ode For<\/em> St\u00a0Cecilia\u2019s Day <\/em>HWV 76\/Duet Tra amplessi innocenti\u00a0<\/em>from Cecilia, volgi un sguardo<\/em> HWV 89.<\/p>\n

Bookings:<\/p>\n

Brandenburg\u00a0(02) 9328 7581 or\u00a0www.brandenburg.com.au<\/a>\u00a0 or<\/p>\n

City Recital Hall Angel Place\u00a0(02) 8256 2222 or\u00a0www.cityrecitalhall.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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