The Southern Concert: Dorinda & Olimpia
3 May @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm AEST

The Southern Concert presents an afternoon of enticing Italian baroque music with soprano Greta Claringbould, Shaun Ng (theorbo), Stephen Freeman and Lauren Davis (violin), Odette Bruinzeel (viola), Clara Teniswood (violoncello) and Rosalind Halton (harpsichord).
Come and hear the intimate sound of the theorbo accompanying Greta in two cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti (‘Olimpia’) and Giovanni Bononcini (‘Ecco Dorinda il Giorno’), combined with instrumental works by Alessandro Scarlatti and Evaristo dall’Abaco.
Duration: approximately 1 hour without interval
Photo: Peter Hislop
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