Musica Viva Australia
Ménage - Sydney
Autumn
Tobias Cole & Chris Berensen
7:30pm Friday 4 April 2008 (Doors open 7pm)
Barnet Long Room, Customs House, Level 1, Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
Brilliant young Australian counter tenor Tobias Cole, accompanied by harpsichordist Chris Berensen, explores the surprising and diverse aspects of life reflected in the Italian and English Baroque along with songs of more recent times.
Winter
Pekka Kuusisto
7:30pm Tuesday 24 June 2008 (Doors open 7pm)
Barnet Long Room, Customs House, Level 1, Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
Experience the solo violin as few have ever heard it before. On loan from Finland for Musica Viva’s National Concert Series around Australia, musical maverick Pekka Kuusisto takes time out to share the intimacy of his violin playing in a mixture of improvisation, folk song and art music with much more besides.
Spring
Emma Sholl & Kate Golla
7:30pm Thursday 14 August 2008 (Doors open 7pm)
Barnet Long Room, Customs House, Level 1, Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
Two of Sydney’s favourite young performers, flautist Emma Sholl and pianist Kate Golla, unite as a dynamic duo exploring this much-loved instrumental combination. The program will feature works old and new from the West and the East.