Musica Viva Australia will present Tasmanian Baroque ensemble, Van Diemen’s Band, in seven cities across Australia from 26 April to 14 May.
Van Diemen’s Band, referred to as “Australia’s Baroque supergroup”, is made up of the country’s most highly respected early music specialists. Founded in 2016 by violinist Julia Fredersdorff, Van Diemen’s Band explores the creativity and freedom of expression in music of the baroque while deferring to historical sources on style and instrumentation.
Presenting a program that explores the historic borderlands of Europe, Van Diemen’s Band will highlight some of the remarkable music that was composed in times of significant, sweeping change – whether that be as the result of cultural exchange or violent conquest.
This time of great geopolitical turmoil is reflective of the circumstances of the composers featured in the program, many of whom experienced the tensions of seventeenth-century Europe first-hand. Works by Becker, Scheidt, Albinoni and Biber share the bill with living composers María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (Iceland) and Donald Nicolson (Australia), who will be performing as part of the ensemble.
The ensemble will perform at Conservatorium Theatre at Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane on 5 May at 7pm.
PROGRAM
‘Borderlands’
BECKER Sonata No. 5 in F Major (1674)
SCHEIDT Galliard Battaglia (1621)
BECKER Paduan
SAINTE-COLOMBE Les Pleurs
SCHEIDT Courant
ERLEBACH Courant
ANON Sonata Jucunda
BIBER Ciacona from Mensa Sonora (1680)
ROSENMÜLLER Sonata No. 9 in D Major (1682)
NICOLSON New work (2022)
ALBINONI Sonata No. 5 in C Major (1700)
SIGFÚSDÓTTIR Clockworking (2013)
MUFFAT Sonata in D Major (1677)
