Hearing the Music of Early NSW: Recent submissions
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Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831): Overture to Lodoiska (arr. for pianoforte trio); Neal Peres Da Costa (pianoforte), Annie Gard (violin), Daniel Yeadon (violoncello); Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, 27 February 2022
Published 2022-08-10The English comic opera Lodoiska, a pasticcio (or compilation) from several continental operas of the same name, was first performed in London in 1794, and its overture, drawn from Kreuzter’s 1791 Paris Lodoiska, remained ...Open AccessAudiovisual -
Concert, ‘On the Plains of Emu’ - Settler Art Music in Early NSW, Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, 27 February 2022; presented by Sydney Living Museums and the Hearing the Music of Early NSW 1788-1860 project; Koen van Stade (tenor); Neal Peres Da Costa (pianoforte), Annie Gard (violin), Daniel Yeadon (violoncello) – on historically appropriate instruments
Published 2022This selection recreates a typical household entertainment of songs, dances, and piano music, as might have been ‘got up’ by musical members and guests of wealthier ‘gentry’ and merchant families in 1830s NSW. All of the ...Open AccessAudiovisual -
Concert, From the Sydney Amateur Concerts 1826, SCM Early Music Ensemble, Neal Peres Da Costa (director), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 27 May 2021
Published 2022-06-09This is a live audio-visual recording of a public concert that recreated a unique colonial concert experience. The featured musical works are drawn from the programs of the first ever series of public concerts held in ...Open AccessAudiovisual