Events 2020
Bach Family & Friends
This concert features pieces for harpsichord and viola da gamba by the great JS, two of his most prominent sons Carl Philip Emanuel and John Christian, and a friend of the family – the gambist Carl Friedrich Abel,
With Shaun Ng (Viola da gamba) and Diana Weston (harpsichord)
Concert I for the Blue Mountains Concert Society
March 14 Springwood Arts Hub at 7.30pm
Forgotten Songs
Forgotten Songs – Claude Debussy’s Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten Songs) reappear with forgotten songs from a completely different source – Sydney Living Museums’ Lucy Havens portfolio. A sonata for piano forte and violin by Ignace Pleyel, and various songs and dances that enlivened many a drawing-room in colonial times.
Danielle Grant (soprano), Diana Weston (piano), Tara Hashambuoy (violin), Angus Ryan and Lucy Cormack (cellos).
October 17 at 4 pm
Mosman Art Gallery
Bach to Bach
Between the generation of Johann Sebastian Bach who never set foot outside Germany, and his youngest son John Christian Bach, a few European composers gravitated towards London during the course of their careers. Two such were back-to-back rivals
Georg Friedrich Handel and Giovanni Bononcini, at one stage vying for the title of ‘most popular opera-composer’. Another pair took a different approach – John Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel formed a long-standing partnership, together running a successful concert series.
Anna Fraser (soprano), Shaun Ng (viola da gamba), Diana Weston (harpsichord)
Presented by the 31st Annual Glebe Music Festival
St John’s Church, Glebe NSW 2037
Saturday 21 November at 7.00pm
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Sonata in G for viola da gamba and basso
John Christian Bach (1735 – 1782)
Sonata in C minor Op. 3 No. 6 for Piano forte or harpsichord
Giovanni Bononcini (1670 – 1747)
Cantata O frondoso arboscello
Interval
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Sonata in G major BWV 1027 for harpsichord and viola da gamba
Georg Friedrich Handel (1684 – 1759)
Cantata Lucrezia