ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Relive gems of the baroque period and explore new repertoire with our Orchestral Series and Baroque Explorations concerts.

Soloists

Michael Burden Countertenor

Desiree Frahn Soprano

Sally-Anne Russell Mezzo Soprano

Leader 

Ben Dollman

Continuing the tradition of performing masterworks of the baroque written for the Easter season in the glorious acoustics of St Francis Xavier Cathedral, St Aloysius Church in Sevenhill and St. Mary’s Church in Burra. This program presents two stunning meditations: Scarlatti’s setting of the Stabat Mater portraying the suffering of Mary at the crucifixion and Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus, perhaps his most ambitious Psalm setting for solo voice.

Soloists

Jessica Dean Soprano

Leanne Sullivan Baroque Trumpet

Leader 

Ben Dollman

Handel wrote a small number of arias for soprano and solo trumpet and we are presenting the four most dazzling, featuring two stunning soloists; local superstar, Jessica Dean and Leanne Sullivan, Australia’s most celebrated performer on the Baroque trumpet.

‘Let the Bright Seraphim’ from Handel’s Oratorio Sampson, written immediately after the success of the Messiah and ‘Eternal Source of Light Divine’ from Queen Anne’s Birthday Ode are perhaps the most familiar arias. This program also features some of Handel’s best loved orchestral works designed to light up St Peter’s Cathedral.

Soloists

Kate MacFarlane Soprano

Leader 

Simone Slattery

A celebration of female Baroque composers, featuring music by Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Isabella Leonarda all of whom were acclaimed, renowned and innovative. Their music was part of an evolution, each composer being the first woman to achieve distinction in her field, whether writing for the court or the convent.

Featuring critically acclaimed Soprano, Kate MacFarlane and including a new commission by Adelaide-based composer and multidisciplinary artist Georgina Bowden.

Soloist

Michael Burden Countertenor

Bethany Hill Soprano

Leader 

Ben Dollman

Vivaldi is best known for his instrumental concerti like the ‘Four Seasons’ but was also a very successful composer of sacred choral music and Opera. By his own calculation he composed 94 operas; scholars have identified almost 50, and of these less than half survive. ‘La verità in cimento’ was premiered during the carnival in Venice in 1720 and is full of twists and turns in the court of the Sultan Mamud. The Castrati arias for the character Zelim, one of Mamud’s sons are some of the most sublime in all of Vivaldi’s Opera oeuvre.

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Elder Hall

The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide
Access: Enter via the lift on the eastern side of the building

St Andrew’s Uniting Church

10 Alfred Place, Strathalbyn
Access: Enter via ramp at the front entrance

North Adelaide Baptist Church

154 Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Access: Enter via the eastern side door

St Peter’s Cathedral

27 King William Road, North Adelaide
Enter via side door off the carpark on northern side of Cathedral

Adelaide Baroque reserves the right to change the program or artists without notice