Friday, October 19 through to Sunday, October 21 will see a year’s planning unfold as national and international musicians take the stage to present what has become an iconic Canowindra event.
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Several of the smaller concerts have sold out via the 2018 new look website www.baroquefest.org.au, but tickets are still available for the concerts to be held in the bigger venue All Saints Church on Friday and Saturday nights.
There may be some tickets still available at the door but a more certain route is via the website or Check the Baroquefest website for further information.www.baroquefest.org.au
Official opening of Baroquefest 2018 will act as a prelude to the Friday night concert.
Patron Marian Arnold will be in All Saints church at 7.30pm to introduce this year’s festival activities.
The Omega Ensemble Concert will follow at 8pm.
The All Saints grand piano will sparkle under the expert fingers of Maria Raspopova in the company of David Rowden clarinet and Lee Abrahamsen soprano.
Limited tickets at the door, best to buy via the website www.baroquefest.org.au
Saturday, October 20 brings The Colour City Chamber Orchestra to the stage.
Commencing at 8pm lead by Baroquefest’s artistic director Andrew Baker this concert travels through two hundred years of compositions rooted in the baroque period.
From the traditional favourites of J.S. Bach including the Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 and Concerto for Oboe and Violin, it connects these works with modern, baroque-inspired compositions by Benjamin Britten and Michi Wiancko. Limited tickets at the door. Best to buy via the website www.baroquefest.org.au
Now in its fourth year Canowindra Baroquefest is the only regional baroque festival in Australia, yet baroque music has greatly increased in popularity in the last ten or so years. The phenomenon of such leading performers as the Brandenburg Orchestra devoted entirely to baroque music has only been possible because that genre has regained its place at the top of the classics.
A special feature of Canowindra Baroquefest is its exploration of the music that has followed the baroque era but has its roots firmly planted in the traditions laid down by Bach.
The Saturday night concert presented by the Colour City Orchestra is just such an exploration, from Bach to Britten and beyond. Some ever popular pieces and some new, it features soloists Laith Ismail whose vivacious oboe patrons will remember from the first Baroquefest in 2015, and Amy Stevens adding the resonance of the viola.
Three hundred years of musical exploration for your enjoyment.
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