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Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields | Dui Tenori

January 13 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

$5 – $40

Dui tenori – Daniel Thompson & Matthew Thomson |  Laura Vaughan – (Gamba/Lirone) |  Donald Nicholson – (Harpsichord) | Ensemble 642 | Hannah Lane – (Italian triple Harp) | Nick Pollock – (Theorbo)

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Se vittorie sì belle
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580-1651) – Alla caccia
• Claudio Monteverdi – Quel sguardo sdegnosetto
• Bartolomeo Spighi de Prato (1590-1660) – O piaggia felice
• Claudio Monteverdi – Salve regina Girolamo
• Frescobaldi (1583-1643) – Eri già tutta mia
• Sigismondo d’India (1582-1629) – Giunto alla tomba
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger – Vedete la mia luce
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger – Canarios
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger –  All’ombra
• Vincenzo de Grandis (1577-1646) – O quam pulcra es amica mea
• Claudio Monteverdi – Mentre vaga Angioletta
• Sigismondo d’India – Fresche erbette novelle
• Claudio Monteverdi – Zefiro torna

Get tickets $5-40

This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.

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