The Leila Waddell Concert Series 2025
Laments & Lullabies
Friday 25 July at 7pm
Gang Gang Gallery, Lithgow
Sunday 27 July at 3pm
All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Bathurst
Program
A beautiful program of Renaissance and Baroque music including Morley, Purcell, Dowland, Handel, Monteverdi, Strozzi and Corelli. Laments & Lullabies brings four instruments together in a unique and unusual combination including viola, countertenor, cello and Baroque harp.
Thomas Morley: Two Short Duos for Viola and Cello
Thomas Morley: Aire for 3 Viols
John Dowland: Flow My Tears
Henry Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art, Away Z.323/5: Strike the Viol, Touch the Lute
G.F. Handel: (a) Air from Water Music Suite No.1, HWV 348
(b) Orlando, HWV 31, Act 3: Aria "Già l'ebro mio ciglio”
Barbara Strozz: Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op.2 : No.14, "L'eraclito amoroso”Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata "Follia” Op.5 No.12: Adagio
Giulio Caccini: Dalla porta d’oriente
Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act 3: "Pur ti miro” (Nerone, Poppea)
Heather Lloyd - Viola
Heather Lloyd is an Australian violist who studied at Sydney Conservatorium and the Australian National Academy of Music. She has performed with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Scoring Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia and Auckland Chamber Orchestras. Heather is also a specialist in early music, performing with Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Bach Akademie Australia.
Michael Burden - Countertenor
Michael Burden is a countertenor who enjoys a varied career of operatic and concert repertoire. Recent highlights include performing as Nireno in Julius Caesar with Pinchgut Opera, Rosencrantz (cover) in Hamlet with Opera Australia, and Vivaldi's Stabat Mater with Brisbane Chamber Choir. He regularly performs around Australia as a soloist with period orchestras and contemporary ensembles.
James Larsen - Cello
James Larsen is a cellist, teacher, conductor and composer. He often performs as a concerto soloist, premiering works by Peter Sculthorpe, Arvo Pärt, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and over 30 Australian composers. James has been featured at festivals in Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and USA, and regularly plays with Nomad String Quartet.
Hannah Lane - Baroque Harp
Hannah Lane is the leading Australian exponent of the Baroque harp. She studied in Milan, Italy with renowned historical harpist Mara Galassi. As a soloist and continuo player, Hannah performs with leading ensembles throughout Australia and Europe, appearing at international festivals such as the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Urbino Musica Antica and Adelaide Festival. She is a recording artist for ABC Classics, Obsidian Records, Brilliant Classics and Pinchgut Live, and the artistic director of Ensemble 642, dedicated to music for early plucked strings. Hannah is a regular guest lecturer in historical harp at the University of Melbourne and her research has been published in Early Music and Eighteenth-Century Music.
Tickets
Adults $49
Concession $45
Music Students $10 (kindly subsidised by our generous donors) - Bathurst only
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