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    • Concord of Sweet Sounds

    Salut! Baroque: Concord of Sweet Sounds

    Wesley Uniting Church Forrest 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
    The man that hath no music in himself, / Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, / Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; / The motions of his spirit are dull as night, / And his affections dark as Erebus. / Let no such man be trusted.…

    • Concord of Sweet Sounds

    Salut! Baroque: Concord of Sweet Sounds

    Customs House 31 Alfred St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The man that hath no music in himself, / Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, / Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; / The motions of his spirit are dull as night, / And his affections dark as Erebus. / Let no such man be trusted.…

    • Invitation to the Dance

    Salut! Baroque: Invitation to the Dance

    Wesley Uniting Church Forrest 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
    “Music and dance are all you need.” Molière: Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1670) Dance and diplomacy were inseparable at Louis XIV’s opulent palace in Versailles. Every aspect of the palace was designed to reinforce the King’s absolute authority, and Louis protected his political power through pageantry. In appointing the Italian-born musician,…
    Invitation to the Dance

    Salut! Baroque: Invitation to the Dance

    Verbrugghen Hall Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    “Music and dance are all you need.” Molière: Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1670) Dance and diplomacy were inseparable at Louis XIV’s opulent palace in Versailles. Every aspect of the palace was designed to reinforce the King’s absolute authority, and Louis protected his political power through pageantry. In appointing the Italian-born musician,…

    • Bohemian Rhapsody

    Salut! Baroque: Bohemian Rhapsody

    Wesley Uniting Church Forrest 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
    “If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for the crowning of Charles VI as King of Bohemia in Prague in 1723 included an opera performance by 200 musicians…
    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Salut! Baroque: Bohemian Rhapsody

    Verbrugghen Hall Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    “If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for the crowning of Charles VI as King of Bohemia in Prague in 1723 included an opera performance by 200 musicians…