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…
The Sydney Consort presents a rare combination of early instruments when two violas d’amore are joined by the viola da gamba, theorbo and harpsichord in music composed especially for these great instruments. Stan Kornel playing baroque violin and viola d’amore and harpsichordist Monika Kornel will perform with Ross Mitchell playing viola d’amore and Shaun Ng playing…