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CHRISTMAS CANTATA

Published by sydneyconsort on October 8, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

CANTATA DI NATALE               VATICINI DI PACE              CANTATA a quattro voci

Del Signore Antonio Caldara

The prolific Venetian composer, Antonio Caldara’s sacred cantata, Vaticini di Pace for Christmas Eve 1712, is one of a series of works that were performed on 24th December every year, between 1676 and 1740, in the Papal Palace in Rome. 

According to the research of Professor Brian Pritchard (Musicologist for the School of Music, University of Canterbury, New Zealand), this cantata has not previously been performed in Australia.  

 

Musicians: 

Belinda Montgomery Pace  soprano                  Nicole Thomson Amor Divino soprano    

Nicole Smeulders Giustica mezzo soprano            Richard Black  Core Umano tenor

 

Stan Kornel and Fiona Ziegler  baroque violins         Annika Stagg  baroque cello

Peter McLean baroque bass                                      Monika Kornel  harpsichord

 

 

Friday, 19th December, 2008 at 8.00pm

St Augustine’s Catholic Church, Eaton Street, BALMAIN

Tickets at door $30/$20 (concession); enq: 0416 345 489; music@sydneyconsort.com.au 

BACH & HANDEL

Published by sydneyconsort on June 16, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed

Friday, 15th August 2008, 8:00PM
St Augustine’s Chapel, Eaton Street, BALMAIN

bach and handel

Bach and Handel were born the same year, in 1685, only 80 miles apart- Bach in a small state of Thuringia, and Handel in nearby Saxony. Bach came out of a strong Protestant choral tradition and Handel grew up listening to the music of aristocracy. The German Protestant composer never left his country, while the nobleman ’s composer moved to London in 1710 where he spent the rest of his life as an English citizen. They never did meet.

Johann Sebastian Bach had not a single but a universal personality. He profited by the musical development of three of four generations. The composer’s output embraces every musical genre of his time in which he opened up new dimensions in virtually every department of creative work to which he turned, in format, musical quality and technical demands.

Bach’s admiration for Handel is evident from his having copied, with the help of his wife, and as he stated: “Handel is the only person I would wish to see before I die, and the only person I would wish to be, were I not Bach”.

Handel, the hero of baroque music, bequeathed to mankind a singular artistic heritage. In his works he was striving for an impressive synthesis of various national styles. Besides the consummate mastery of composition and striking dramatic content, his music is noted for inward pathos and ravishing optimism.

Bach together with his great contemporary Handel were the last great representatives of the Baroque era in an age, which was already rejecting the Baroque aesthetic in favour of a new, ‘enlightened’ one. Both masters not only entertained the audiences, but they also educated them according to the principles of the Enlightenment.

Programme:

J.S. BACH – Sonata for violin and harpsichord, Sonata for viola da gamba
and harpsichord, Trio Sonata
G. F. HANDEL– Sonata for recorder and harpsichord, Trio Sonata

Musicians:

Hans-Dieter MICHATZ – recorder
Stan KORNEL – baroque violin
Annika STAGG – viola da gamba
Monika KORNEL –harpsichord

Tickets at door $30 and $20 concession;Enq: 0146 345 489 music@sydneyconsort.com.au