The Sydney Consort presents 1+2+3+4 (Bach’s Concerti) in its third performance of the 2017 concert season and one of the most exciting of programs. The ensemble welcomes back Israeli virtuoso harpsichordist, Michael Tsalka, who will join the ensemble in a rare performance of four concertos composed by J S Bach. This year the ensemble will perform the remaining…
Young Handel – Thoroughbass Diana Weston, harpsichord/ Shaun Ng, viola da gamba/ Anna Fraser, soprano The Independent Theatre, North Sydney/Sunday March 26th 2017 Written by Victoria Watson The Independent Theatre with its live acoustic and elegant neo-classical architecture was the perfect venue for Thoroughbass’s delightful concert dedicated to the early Italian chamber works of Georg Friedrich Handel…
Thoroughbass, directed from the harpsichord by Diana Weston with Shaun Ng playing the viola da gamba) and soprano Anna Fraser present Young Handel, a concert of sonatas and cantatas by G F Handel. During his youth in Italy, Handel flourished under the generosity of the patrons who supported him. He produced a vast number of…