Concert Season
VDB with Thomas Flint
Van Diemen’s Band are joined by renowned UK bass player Thomas Flint and in this concert will transport you to the 17th Century tradition of Abendmusik – evening music for the people – from Lübeck’s Marienkirche to Hobart Town Hall.
The Abendmusik tradition was established in the mid 17th century by Franz Tunder and subsequently handed down to Dietrich Buxtehude, his successor who held the post until his death in 1707. During Buxtehude’s tenure, these concerts became so famous around Europe that they anecdotally inspired the young Johann Sebastian Bach to walk more than 400km from Arnstadt to attend them in Advent, 1705.
Dieterich Becker Paduan
Franz Tunder O Jesu dulcissime
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Die Fechtschule
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum
Schmelzer Lamento Sopra la Morte Ferdinand III
Johann Christoph Bach Wie bist du denn O Gott im Zorn
Biber Sonata Jacunda in D
Dietrich Buxtehude Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron
Concert presented by Musica Viva Tasmania.
8pm, Thursday 14 February 2019
Hobart Town Hall
Ten Days on the Island presents The Enchanted Island
Opera in the Vineyard featuring the music of GF Händel
What better way to spend an afternoon? Swoon to glorious music and fine wine in the idyllic setting of the Clover Hill Vineyard. Ten Days on the Island has assembled a stellar trio of singers to thrill audiences with the emotional power of baroque opera. To complement our island landscape, mezzo soprano Anna Dowsley, soprano Sara Macliver and baritone Christopher Richardson will sing sublime arias and excerpts from Handel’s magical and pastoral operas, including Alcina, Orlando and Acis, Galatea and Polifemo in this special concert featuring Tasmania’s own chamber orchestra Van Diemen’s Band, conducted by Benjamin Bayl.
Concert presented by 10 Days on the Island.
4.30pm, Saturday 16 March 2019
Clover Hill Vineyard, Lebrina
Free Concert
Breathtaking
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the cornetto was fabled for its ability to imitate the human voice. This encompassed not only its clear and bright sound, but also its agility, range, dynamic flexibility, and articulation, making it sound as though the player were speaking through their instrument.
Hana Blažíková, a Czech soprano described as ‘one of the most exciting voices in the Baroque scene today’, joins world-renowned cornettist Bruce Dickey and musicians from Tasmania’s Van Diemen’s Band. Together, they revive the lost art of this instrumental-vocal pairing in a program framed by the seventeenth century, which also includes the Australian premiere of a new work for the combination by Greek composer Calliope Tsoupaki.
Wed 13 March 2019, 7pm
Trinity College Chapel (Melbourne)
Sun 17 March 2019, 3pm
Wesley Music Centre (Canberra)
Mon 18 March 2019, 7pm
St James King Street (Sydney)
Tues 19 March 2019, 7pm
St Andrews Uniting Church (Brisbane)
Fri 22 March 2019, 6pm
St David’s Cathedral (Hobart)
Sat 23 March 2019, 2pm
Tin Shed- Spring Bay Mill (Triabunna)
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