2010 Festival Program
Event 1: Grand Opening Concert
Australian baroque Brass perform a program of music by Telemann, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Bach, Leopold Mozart, Nicola Matteis, Vivaldi and an anonymous work. Featuring John Foster (baroque trumpet), Leanne Sullivan (baroque trumpet), Warwick Tyrrell (sackbut), and David Drury (organ).
Event 2: Bach Jazz Jam
Jazz takes on simple Bach keyboard pieces, with participants Australian Baroque Brass, Sarah Christopher, Warwick Dunham, Louise King, Nick Negerevich, Chris Purcell, Benjamin Thorn, Stephen Tafra, Steve Thorneycroft, Berthold Wicke.
Event 3: The Coffee Cantata
A free dramatised performance of Bach’s Coffee Cantata BWV 211 in Hanna’s Arcade, with Phil Oxley (tenor), Greg McPhan (Schlendrian), Kylie Constantine (Lieschen), Jodie Ostenfeld (violin), Eliza Scott (violin), Marion Barford (viola), Eleanor Streatfeild (cello), Peter Maddox (bassoon), Benjamin Thorn (flute), and Sheila Guymer (harpsichord).
Event 4: Bach Odyssey
Louise King performs two cello suites with narrations by Benjamin Thorn of texts that refer to Bach.
Event 5: Hommage a J. S.
Organist Berthold Wicke performs music by Bach, Schumann, Liszt, Blaude Bolling and Benjamin Thorn.
Event 6: Black and White
Harpsichordists Monika Kornel and Diana Weston join violinist Stan Kornel in a program of Vivaldi, Handel and Bach.
Event 7: Ground Basses and a Dance
Festival musicians improvise on ground basses in a concert dedicated to Bach’s improvisational ability. Participants include: Sheila Guymer, Monika Kornel, Stan Kornel, Cecile Michels, Benjamin Thorn, Diana Weston, Berthold Wicke, and Bruce Myers.
Event 8: Mass with Fiori Musicali
Choir Fiori Musicali enhance the 10am Catholic Mass with works by Claudio Casciolini, Purcell and Bach.
Event 9: Lipman Harp Duo
The Lipman Harp Duo perform a program of Bach, Britten, J. Thomas, Yatsuhasi Kengyo, C. Salzedo, M. Grandjany, Faure, Debussy, A. Hasslemans, Saint-Saens, Ravel and B. Andres.
Event 10: New England Bach Players
Peta Blyth (soprano), Sofia Debus (violin), Eleanor Streatfeild (cello), and Warwick Dunham (organ) perform a program of Bach and Handel.
Event 11: Festival Evensong
Bach’s sacred music performed in the context for which it was written. Featuring Marian Barford, Zac Grafton, Greg McPhan, Jodie Ostenfeld, Errol Russell, Eliza Scott, Lena Schmalz, Jenny Shaw, Eleanor Streatfeild, Berthold Wicke, Jess Wright, St Peter’s Choir, TAS Chapel Choir, and NEGS Choir.