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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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Creative Galah is based on the land of the Wiradjuri people. the traditional owners, the original storytellers, musicians, dancers, artists and culture makers of the region. We acknowledge Elders past, present and emerging.

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