Wesley Music Centre, Forrest
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Gesualdo Tenebrae – Canberra
Wesley Music Centre, Forrest 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia"There is something deeply troubling and inscrutable in Gesualdo’s music, something that any listener, even the most inexpert one, will unfailingly experience. This most particularly holds for Tenebrae responsoria (1611), his definitive statement, his monument, his testament. It is as if this work, firmly embedded in the framework of liturgy for the Holy Week and […]
Apeiron Baroque | Pluckers and Scratchers
Wesley Music Centre, Forrest 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, AustraliaApeiron’s 2025 season kicks off with two of our colleagues from the south, Hannah Lane and Laura Vaughan, showcasing the unusual sound world of Violin/d’amore, Gamba, Harp, and Harpsichord. Discover compositions from the Early Baroque period by Buxtehude, Becker, Lawes, Jenkins, Jarzebski, Lawes, Pandolfi, and more! Artists John Ma, Violin Laura Vaughan, Viola da Gamba […]
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Haydn’s Sunrise – Canberra
Wesley Music Centre, Forrest 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, AustraliaString Quartets by Haydn, Beethoven & Fanny Mendelssohn If you define “Shakespearean” as art that happily embraces both sublime poetry and earthy humour then Haydn and Beethoven definitely rub shoulders with the Bard. The AHE commence their season with two wonderful quartets that morph effortlessly from the lofty to the lowbrow. Then Fanny Mendelssohn’s quartet, […]