Baroque Ensemble - La Stravaganza

Staff and students from the Early Music Studio present a panorama of seventeenth and eighteenth century Italian Baroque music, showcasing the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music's beautiful collection of period instruments. Works by Vivaldi and Pergolesi are accompanied by rarely heard operatic and instrumental music by Jommelli, Hasse, Farina, Scarani and others. Star soprano Alexandra Toussaint-Jackson appears as guest soloist in this exciting program.

EARLY MUSIC STUDIO FACULTY

Bassoon / Convenor - Lyndon Watts

Violin / Direction - Rachael Beesley

Harpsichord / Direction - Chad Kelly

Violin - Shane Lestideau

Recorder - Ruth Wilkinson

Violoncello - Josephine Vains

Viola da Gamba - Laura Vaughan

Sackbut - Robert Collins

STUDENTS (in order of appearance)

Sackbut - Luke Adams, Oscar Milic

Viola de Gamba - Maddison Furlan

Harpsichord and Organ - Max Reina-Henriksen

Recorder - Leyland Jones, Katherine Stacey

Bassoon - Laura Radajewski

Traverso - Esther Battersby, Kasinda Faase, Jamie Fitzsimons

Violins (Telemann) - Lara Mladjen, Patrick Shannon, Samara Shanino

Violins - Sunni-Rae Healey-Morrison, Tin Wai Elysha Ko, Jean Leibel, Conor Magill, Jody Middleton

Viola - Emma Amery, Lachlan MacLaren

Violoncello - Yosiah Oshiro, Disa Smart

Double Bass - Jude Hill

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