Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford presented by Musica Viva Australia | Perth tickets
About Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford presented by Musica Viva Australia | Perth
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Nicolas Altstaedt and Thomas Dunford. Cello and lute. When these two international superstars team up for a night of musical mischief, anything could happen.
Nicolas Altstaedt brings his always exciting, always beautiful insights to music of the seventeenth century, with the help of lutenist Thomas Dunford, the charismatic ringleader of baroque superband Ensemble Jupiter. Together they explore evocative masterpieces from the court of Louis XIV, pitting Marin Marais and his rival, Antoine Forqueray, against each other in a baroque playoff. Then they uncover more recent treasures from Arvo Pärt and Henri DuParc, and explore the enduring beauty of Bach.
Venue
Winthrop Hall
Directions
GETTING TO THE VENUE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Buses to UWA are frequent, covering routes from the City of Perth, Subiaco, Morley and along Stirling Highway. The Transperth JourneyPlanner provides up-to-date information to help you find the best route. Bus services alight on Stirling Highway at the northern end of the campus, a short (3 minute) walk from Winthrop Hall.
PARKING:
Parking at UWA is free every day after 5pm and all day on weekends. Please check parking signs on arrival. Paid parking via the EasyPark app applies Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm.
The closest car parks to Winthrop Hall are all within a 3-5 minute walk to the venue:
Car Park 1 (UWA Recreation Centre): 3 minute walk
Car Park 52 (Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery): 3 minute walk
Car Park 51 (Robert St Building): 5 minute walk
Car Park 5 (The University Club of WA): 5 minute walk
For more information about parking, please see the below map or visit the UWA website.
More information about Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford presented by Musica Viva Australia | Perth
"Thomas Dunford's supple technique, combined with his passion for jazz, allows him to embellish and develop written texts with an improvisatory freedom, casting a new light on early music... A true 'Eric Clapton' of the lute." — BBC Music Magazine
"Altstaedt has technique to burn, near perfect intonation, superb control of extreme registers and harmonics, and is physically at ease with his instrument ... one hung on every note as if they were the words of a master storyteller." — The Australian
ARTISTS
Cello: Nicolas Altstaedt
Lute: Thomas Dunford
PROGRAM
MARAIS La Rêveuse
FORQUERAY La Leclair
JS BACH Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (excerpts)
FORQUERAY Fêtes champêtres
MARAIS Le Badinage
MARAIS Les Folies d'Espagne
JS BACH Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (excerpts)
PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel
DUPARC Cello Sonata in A minor: Lento
FORQUERAY La Buisson
MARAIS Les Voix Humaines
MARAIS Grand Ballet
MARAIS Le Tourbillon