Past Event
Borderlands
Presented by Van Diemen's Band
Van Diemen’s Band invites you to explore the historic borderlands of Europe.
For centuries, generations of composers wrote music as their homelands changed ownership under their feet.
Shifting borders and the meeting of cultures at the edges of the Holy Roman and Ottoman Empires created a fascinating musical backdrop to the tumult of the Thirty Years War. An atmosphere of division, boundaries, climate and common ground – themes that resonate strongly even in our lives today.
Van Diemen's Band Artistic Director Julia Fredersdorff has curated a program that explores the sublime simplicity of music of the early baroque period. Works startling for their originality and spirited evocations of battles and dances, as well as a new commission by Donald Nicolson, written especially for the program — all performed with the raw freshness that audiences have come to know from music on gut strings and instruments of the past.
Don't miss this perfect symbiosis of old and new.
Check out the reviews from our 2022 mainland and Aotearoa/New Zealand tour.
"VDB ... bring new and compelling ideas to the table ... these musicians are here, in 2022, making sense of music from the past now"
— Sydney Morning Herald
"An inspired exercise in musical curation, expertly delivered"
— Limelight Magazine
"superbly imaginative and deeply engaging ... hopefully the elegant, communicative playing and thought-provoking programming ... will beckon others towards new horizons"
— The Age
"This concert was a yardstick by which others should be compared"
— State of the Art
Partners
| Artistic Director & Baroque Violin | Julia Fredersdorff |
| Baroque violin | Simone Slattery |
| Viola | Katie Yap |
| Viola da gamba | Laura Vaughan |
| Cello | Anton Baba |
| Harpsichord | Donald Nicolson |
| Theorbo | Simon Martyn-Ellis |
Anton Baba’s Baroque cello courtesy of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. |
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DIETRICH BECKER (1623-1679) Sonata No. 5 in F from Musicalische Frühlings-Früchte (Hamburg 1668) Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-[gigue]-Adagio |
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BORDERLANDS SUITE (ASSEMBLED BY JULIA FREDERSDORFF)
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TOMASO GIOVANNI ALBINONI (1671-1751) Sinfonia à 5 op 2, No. 3 in C major (Venice 1700) Largo-Allegro-Grave-Allegro |
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ANONYMOUS ATTR: H.I.F. BIBER (1644-1704) Sonata Jucunda (Manuscript from the Kromêríž Collection, Czech Republic) |
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DONALD NICOLSON (B.1979) Spirals (Melbourne 2022) |
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Download or view the full program notes here - BORDERLANDS 2023 DIGITAL PROGRAM. |
Event and ticketing details
Date & Time
| Palais Theatre Franklin |
Fri 20 October 6.00pm - 7.00pm |
| Tullah Lakeside Lodge |
Sat 21 October 3.00pm - 4.00pm |
| Hawley House - SOLD OUT |
Sun 22 October 3.00pm - 4.00pm |
| Stanley Town Hall |
Tue 24 October 6.00pm - 7.00pm |
| Scottsdale Mechanic's Institute - SOLD OUT |
Wed 25 October 6.00pm - 7.00pm |
| Portland Memorial Hall, St Helens |
Thu 26 October 6.00pm - 7.00pm |
| Ian Potter Recital Hall (The Hedberg) - SOLD OUT |
Sat 28 October 3.00pm - 4.00pm |
| Ian Potter Recital Hall (The Hedberg) - SOLD OUT |
Sat 28 October 6.00pm - 7.00pm |
| Australian Digital Concert Hall |
Wed 01 November 7.00pm – 8.00pm |
Tickets
| nipaluna/Hobart | $50.00 Full |
| nipaluna/Hobart | $30.00 Concession |
| Scottsdale | $40.00 Full |
| Scottsdale | $30.00 Concession |
| Scottsdale | $20.00 Child |
| Franklin, Tullah, Hawley Beach, munatrik/Stanley, St Helens - Full | $40.00 |
| Franklin, Tullah, Hawley Beach, munatrik/Stanley, St Helens - Concession | $35.00 |
| Franklin, Tullah, Hawley Beach, munatrik/Stanley, St Helens - $30 under 30 | $30.00 |
| Franklin, Tullah, Hawley Beach, munatrik/Stanley, St Helens - Child (12 and under) | $25.00 |
| Australian Digital Concert Hall | $24.00 |
Location
Event notes
Duration
60 minutes with no interval
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