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Come along for an afternoon of food, beer and early music! Sumptuous afternoon tea and soft drinks provided with alcoholic beverages available for purchase at the venue.
EMSV members only, $10 per head. Non-members $20 per head, which includes the EMSV joining fee of $10 as well as the $10 ticket.
Join the early music ensemble in the intimate settings of the St George’s College Chapel as they transport you into another era with their beautiful music. Under the direction of emeritus professor Paul Wright, they will also be joined by special guests Aidan Deasy and Casey Fitzpatrick on lute.
Hope to see you come along for an evening of great fun and musical delight! I will be performing some little known solo lute pieces, a song for lute and Voice and the Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D with a small chamber orchestra. Hope to see you there!
Directed by: Glenda Linscott
Music Director: Geoffrey Lancaster
Choreographed by: Andries Weidemann
Performed by: Classical Vocal, Music and Dance students
Henry Purcell’s famous opera Dido and Aeneas, a poignant tale of ill-fated lovers, is restored to its original musical dimensions by Australian pianist and conductor, Geoffrey Lancaster. The earliest surviving libretto for the work, dating from 1689, contains material for which the music has been lost, including an entire Prologue, a chorus at the end of Act 2, eight dances and a spoken Epilogue. Now, thanks to Lancaster's sensitive reconstruction of the missing music, audiences can savour this classic English three-act opera in its miraculous entirety
I invite you to spend the afternoon enjoying the intricacies and understated beauty of the guitar and its ancient cousin the lute. Let me take you on a journey from the streets of 16th century Spain to the courts of the English kings and even to the serene hills and valleys of the Irish coastline.
