St Luke's, Ourimbah Rd, Mosman

Three chapters in the imaginary Book of Shakespeare are ‘introduced’ by recorder player Joanne Arnott -  a book devoted to music associated with Shakespeare. The first chapter  features music performed in the plays as they first appeared. The second sees Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream the basis of an opera in excerpts from Purcell’s The Fairy Queen. In the third,  Shakespeare’s mark is as the text in the songs of Rubbra, Vaughan Williams and Rutter. Singing the tales are Danielle Grant (soprano) and Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo),  with Cathy Upex (gamba/cello) and Diana Weston (harpsichord)

TICKETS AT DOOR $25/$15
(or by donation)
Enquiries: Diana Weston
Phone: 0411 375 821

Phone: 0411 375 821

St Luke's Church, Ourimbah Rd, Mosman

Benedetto Marcello’s oratorio Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni, presented in collaboration with members of The Song Co., is a depiction of the death and assumption of Mary. Contrary to morbid expectations, the narrative is chockablock with exuberant melodies as, Marcello believed, it was a work divinely inspired. With guest singers Anna Fraser, Lanneke Jones, Mark Donnelly, Richard Butler and a band of 5 string players.

TICKETS AT DOOR $25/$15
(or by donation)
Enquiries: Diana Weston
Phone: 0411 375 821

Phone: 0411 375 821

The Parade Playhouse Theatre Kensington

Francesca Caccini’s only surviving opera,  La liberazione di Ruggiero  was first performed in 1625. Probably the first opera written by a woman, it is an imaginative conglomeration of story and song combining arias, duets, trios and chorus with delightful instrumental intercessions.At its heart is the idea of mental perception but its setting is pure fantasy with dolphins, singing plants, fiery seas and monsters.

Tickets tba Enquiries: Diana Weston 0411 375 821

St Luke's, Church, Ourimbah Rd, Mosman

Two grand works stand transformed side by side – J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. IV for two recorders, harpsichord, strings and continuo is heard in an arrangement for 2 recorders and 2 harpsichords. Doubly transformed, Elena Kats-Chernin’s Reinventions, based on six of Bach’s 2-part inventions, is arranged by the composer for recorder and harpsichord, and premiered at this concert where Amelie sits next to Dracula! With Alana Blackburn and Joanne Arnott  (recorders), Monika Kornel and Diana Weston (harpsichords).

TICKETS AT DOOR $25/$15
(or by donation)
Enquiries: Diana Weston
Phone: 0411 375 821

Phone: 0411 375 821

St Luke's Church, Ourimbah Rd, Mosman

The juxtaposition of pain and beauty was recognized from as far back as  Greek mythological times as the gods of music -  Apollo (beauty) and Dionysus (destruction).  This concert highlights the interconnection between the two states of being. and how one is incomplete without the other. in music by Handel, Marcello, Neitsche, Glass and others. With Hester Hannah (soprano), Angus Ryan, Lucy Cormack (cellos), Alicia Crossley (recorder) and Diana Weston (harpsichord).

TICKETS AT DOOR $25/$15
(or by donation)
Enquiries: Diana Weston
Phone: 0411 375 821

Phone: 0411 375 821