Harpsichordist and director of Thoroughbass, Diana Weston is joined by guest artist Jane Downer playing the baroque oboe and Shaun Ng playing the viola da gamba in O for an Oboe, a concert featuring some of the most beautiful music created by Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Emmanuel. The combination of oboe and gamba is…
Thoroughbass The Birch Tree St Luke’s Anglican Church, Mosman 8 November 2015 Joanne Arnott (recorder), Lucy Cormack (cello), Shaun Ng (viola da gamba), Angus Ryan (cello), Diana Weston (Director and harpsichord) One of the intriguing musical developments of the past few years has been the way in which period musical instruments are being utilised in performing…
The Sydney Consort invites you to hear music for viols in The Viol Serenity, featuring the viola da gamba, the tenor viol, and the viola d’amore with lute, theorbo and harpsichord. Each of these instruments has its distinctive sound and they are as beautiful as depicted in the vivid musically themed paintings of Jan Vermeer. The…