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Recorders the star in Salut! Baroque’s opening concert

Salut! Baroque | Concord of Sweet Sounds February 1, 2026, Customs House, Sydney, NSW Musicians: Anna Stegmann, Sally Melhuish, Alana Blackburn, Alicia Crossley – Recorders John Ma, Sarah Papadopoulos, Jared Adams – […]

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CD Review: Elysian Fields | Swirling Flame

Elysian Fields | Swirling Flame Released 24 October, 2025 Swirling Flame is the latest release from Elysian Fields, a self-described ‘genre-defying’ ensemble. This is an apt description of a chamber […]

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Apeiron brings Canberra to life with Vaughan, Lane and a touch of d’amore

Apeiron Baroque | Pluckers and Scratchers 23 March 2025, Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, ACT PROGRAM BECKER, Dietrich (1623–1679) – Sonata a2 JARZEBSKI, Adam (1590–1649) – Concerto Secundo FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583–1643) […]

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Elysian Fields at the top of their game

Singular Horizons | Elysian Fields 10 October, 2024, Church Street Studios, Camperdown, NSW Nestled in the back streets of Camperdown, Church Street Studios is an eccentric old building, housing 21 […]

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Laura Vaughan’s luscious depth of sound resonates across the centuries

Laura Vaughan | Wanderings 26 September, 2024, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC Laura Vaughan is one of Australia’s leading performers on the viola da gamba and its relative, the baryton, and […]

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A fantastic program exemplifying professionalism and precision from The Early Music Collective Sydney

The Early Music Collective Sydney | The Inspired JS Bach Return from Lübeck May 2, 2024, St Brigid’s, Marrickville, NSW The Early Music Collective’s ‘The Inspired JS Bach Return from […]

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CD Review | Telemann Fantasias – Shaun Ng

Telemann Fantasias | Shaun Ng This double CD of the Telemann Fantasias for solo viola da gamba is a new release on the A415 Music label (CD008) from the Sydney-based […]

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Delightful balance and poise from Hannah Lane and Laura Vaughan

Liquid Pearls Hannah Lane – Baroque triple Harp, Laura Vaughan – Violas Da Gamba, Lirone Friday, 16 February 2024, Tempo Rubato, Melbourne A mainly 16th century programme with works by […]

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Latitude 37’s ‘sweete musicks skill’

Latitude 37 | The Pleasing Slumber July 12, 2023, The Eleventh Hour, Fitzroy It’s obvious that Latitude 37 enjoy making music together. They could easily be making music in a […]

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Latitude 37 delivers a French baroque feast

Latitude 37 | Parisian Soiree 29 April, 2023, Athenaeum 2, Melbourne The opening bars of Marin Marais electrifying exposition on the bells of Saint-Genevieve du Mont de Paris are guaranteed […]

Livestream Review | Baroque Duo, a portent of brighter things to come

Baroque Duo Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Wednesday 15th September 2021 At a time when a whole raft of period-instrument and other performances have been erased from the Australian scene, it […]

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Marais Project: Blending the old and the new in the Art of Monody

At 3pm Sunday May 16, 2021, at Mosman Art Gallery The Marais Project present ‘The Art of Monody’ featuring the world premiere of ‘Christchurch Monody’ by Gordon Kerry. Founder and […]

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Review: Latitude 37 | Syncopation, exoticism & ingenious violin techniques

Latitude 37 – Passions of the Soul Part 1 Thursday 11th February 2021 on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Held at the Melbourne Athenaeum to audiences both live and via computer […]

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Pepe Newton

Recorders the star in Salut! Baroque’s opening concert

Salut! Baroque | Concord of Sweet Sounds February 1, 2026, Customs House, Sydney, NSW Musicians: Anna Stegmann, Sally Melhuish, Alana Blackburn, Alicia Crossley – Recorders John Ma, Sarah Papadopoulos, Jared Adams – Baroque Violin Brad Tham – Baroque Viola; Tim Blomfield – Bass Violin, Cello Piccolo; Jude Hill – Baroque Double Bass George Wills – Theorbo, Baroque Guitar Monika Kornel – Harpsichord

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Brianna Louwen

CD Review: Elysian Fields | Swirling Flame

Elysian Fields | Swirling Flame Released 24 October, 2025 Swirling Flame is the latest release from Elysian Fields, a self-described ‘genre-defying’ ensemble. This is an apt description of a chamber jazz ensemble fronted by an electric Viola da Gamba alongside all the other instruments you’d expect from a jazz ensemble – piano, saxophones, bass, vocals and some violin and double

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Pepe Newton

Apeiron brings Canberra to life with Vaughan, Lane and a touch of d’amore

Apeiron Baroque | Pluckers and Scratchers 23 March 2025, Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, ACT PROGRAM BECKER, Dietrich (1623–1679) – Sonata a2 JARZEBSKI, Adam (1590–1649) – Concerto Secundo FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583–1643) – Toccate Tertii Toni from Codex Chigi JENKINS, John (1592–1678) – “Aria” a2 JONES, Richard (c1680–1744) – Sonata #4 from Chamber Airs Op. 2 LAWES, William (1602–1645) – Harp Consorts

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Brianna Louwen

Elysian Fields at the top of their game

Singular Horizons  | Elysian Fields 10 October, 2024, Church Street Studios, Camperdown, NSW Nestled in the back streets of Camperdown, Church Street Studios is an eccentric old building, housing 21 recording studios and a performance space. It’s a music nerd’s dream, full of quirky knick knacks – lamps made from flutes, a banjo mute (a large hammer), and topped off

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Daniel Brace

Laura Vaughan’s luscious depth of sound resonates across the centuries

Laura Vaughan | Wanderings 26 September, 2024, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC Laura Vaughan is one of Australia’s leading performers on the viola da gamba and its relative, the baryton, and a solo artist at the peak of her technical and expressive abilities. Held in Brunswick’s cool and trendy Tempo Rubato, this solo program entitled ‘Wanderings’ was billed by the performer

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Claudia Jelic

A fantastic program exemplifying professionalism and precision from The Early Music Collective Sydney

The Early Music Collective Sydney | The Inspired JS Bach Return from Lübeck May 2, 2024, St Brigid’s, Marrickville, NSW The Early Music Collective’s ‘The Inspired JS Bach Return from Lübeck’ was a fantastic program. The first half presented works for smaller ensembles, allowing each instrument group to have the spotlight, before coming together for Bach’s profound Actus Tragicus in

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Clive Lane + Marjory Ellsmore

CD Review | Telemann Fantasias – Shaun Ng

Telemann Fantasias | Shaun Ng This double CD of the Telemann Fantasias for solo viola da gamba is a new release on the A415 Music label (CD008) from the Sydney-based player Shaun Ng. Georg Philipp Telemann is well-known as a one of the most prolific composers of all time, with an oeuvre of something like 3000 compositions, many of which

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Peter Hagen

Delightful balance and poise from Hannah Lane and Laura Vaughan

Liquid Pearls Hannah Lane – Baroque triple Harp, Laura Vaughan – Violas Da Gamba, Lirone Friday, 16 February 2024, Tempo Rubato, Melbourne A mainly 16th century programme with works by Diego Ortiz, Antonio de Cabezon, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Ricccardo Rognoni, Giovanni de Macque, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Bassano, Luiz de Ribayaz and two anonymous works from a manuscript in Rome. Tempo Rubato

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Daniel Brace

Latitude 37’s ‘sweete musicks skill’

Latitude 37 | The Pleasing Slumber  July 12, 2023, The Eleventh Hour, Fitzroy It’s obvious that Latitude 37 enjoy making music together. They could easily be making music in a musik room of 16-17th century England, at The Eleventh Hour in Fitzroy, or, in your lounge room, playing just for you, or for each other’s pleasure. Julia Fredersdorff (violin), Laura

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Daniel Brace

Latitude 37 delivers a French baroque feast

Latitude 37 | Parisian Soiree 29 April, 2023,  Athenaeum 2, Melbourne The opening bars of Marin Marais electrifying exposition on the bells of Saint-Genevieve du Mont de Paris are guaranteed to elicit a response. My mind used to go to the 1991 French film Tous les Matin de Monde, but more recently the sound invokes the ridiculous satire on the

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Jane Downer

Livestream Review | Baroque Duo, a portent of brighter things to come

Baroque Duo Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Wednesday 15th September 2021 At a time when a whole raft of period-instrument and other performances have been erased from the Australian scene, it took little hesitation to be back watching a Melbourne Digital Concert Hall livestream where Baroque Duo musicians – Neal Peres da Costa (harpsichord) and Daniel Yeadon (violoncello and viola da

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Pepe Newton

Marais Project: Blending the old and the new in the Art of Monody

At 3pm Sunday May 16,  2021, at Mosman Art Gallery The Marais Project present ‘The Art of Monody’ featuring the world premiere of ‘Christchurch Monody’ by Gordon Kerry. Founder and principal artist Jenny Eriksson speaks about the upcoming concert. For more than 30 years now I have been exploring the music of the French baroque, and particularly the music of

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Jane Downer

Review: Latitude 37 | Syncopation, exoticism & ingenious violin techniques

Latitude 37 – Passions of the Soul Part 1 Thursday 11th February 2021 on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Held at the Melbourne Athenaeum to audiences both live and via computer technology, Latitude 37 (a group specialising in 17th- and 18th-century repertoire rarely performed in Australia) presented Passions of the Soul, the title inspired by René Descarte’s scrutiny into the nature

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