 Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields - The Italian connection
Friday 14 January - Sunday 23 January, 2011
The Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields winds its way through the Ballarat goldfields region, holding 25 one hour recitals in heritage churches and halls built following the discovery of gold.
There will be a recital of Frescobaldi's i fiori musicali, the passionate and beautiful arias of Strozzi, Carissimi and contemporaries, 17th century Italian music for lute and theorbo and other delights. Musicians from Italy will be Gianfranco Bortolato, Elena Bertuzzi and Michelle Benuzzi.
Tuesday 18th January 2011
10.30 am and repeated at noon
Arias from Bach Cantatas
Christopher Wrench(organ)
Gianfranco Bortolato(oboe)
Louisa Huntar Bradley(soprano)
Matther Gouldstone(bass)
A recital using the beautiful tracker action George Fincham organ, bought to Dunolly in the years of prosperity following the discovery of gold.
(Morning tea $3 - in support of St John's organ fund.)
8.00 pm
Tormento ed Estasi
Elena Bertuzzi (soprano)
Laura Vaughan (viola da gamba)
Michele Benuzzi (harpsichord)
Michele Benuzzi, an Italian harpsichordist, and Elena Bertuzzi, soprano, are joined by Laura Vaughan, one of Australia's most sought after viola da gamba players, to present some of the extraordinary, heart-renderingly beautiful, sacred and secular music of 17th century Italy.
Thursday 20th January 2011
3.00 pm
Parigi o Cara - Romantic Arias from Italian Opera
Shu Cheen Yu (soprano)
Gianfranco Bortolato (oboe)
Anthony Halliday (piano)
Oboist, Gianfranco Bortolato, performs as soloist with the Interpreti veneziani and other major ensembles in Italy. He will present a special program of arias from opera as interpreted by the oboe. He is joined by Shu Cheen Yu, one of the finest sopranos in Australia and brilliant Australian pianist, Anthony Halliday.
Saturday 22nd January 2011
8.00 pm
Una Serata Romantica The Salon music of Robert and Clara Schumann for Oboe and Piano
Gianfranco Bortolato (oboe)
Anthony Halliday (piano)
A program of the romantic and beautiful music of Robert and Clara Schumann ... Romances, Fantasias, Adagios and Stücke im Volkston
Organised by: Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields
In collaboration with: Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne, City of Ballarat, Sovereign Hill, Australian Catholic University, John M. Davis Holdings P/L, The Courier
Tickets and prices available online: www.ballarat.com/organs.
Telephone: 0429 327 097
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