Concert Review: Dido And Aeneas/ Sydney Chamber Choir/ Muffat collective

Concert Review: Dido And Aeneas/ Sydney Chamber Choir/ Muffat collective

Sydney Chamber Choir/Muffat Collective Great Hall, University of Sydney 6 October 2017 Written by Wendy McLeod The Great Hall of the University of Sydney was packed out when the Sydney Chamber Choir conducted by Roland Peelman and accompanied by the Muffat Collective, presented an early music programme of love and loss which featured madrigals by…

Sydney Chamber Choir Perform An Early Music Programme of Love And Loss

Sydney Chamber Choir Perform An Early Music Programme of Love And Loss

The Sydney Chamber Choir performs the music of Monteverdi, Gesualdo and Purcell in their October concert which includes a complete concert performance of Purcell’s masterpiece, the opera Dido and Aeneas. Monteverdi takes us to the lonely shores of Naxos, where Ariadne, having sacrificed everything to save her beloved Theseus from the claws of the Minotaur, watches…

Concert Review: Marais meets Muffat

Concert Review: Marais meets Muffat

Marais meets Muffat The Independent Theatre, North Sydney July 16, 2017 Written by Ria Andriani Through the  dialogue of two ensembles, the Marais Project and Muffat Collective brought their virtuosic skills, specialised period instruments and knowledge of historical performance to the stage. For two ensembles which do not perform together regularly, this concert and its…