Salut! Baroque
Salut! Baroque 2024 Concert Season
The Influencers - Salut! Baroque (Canberra)
Friday 3 May 2024
Expectations were high for salaried composers during the Baroque period. Constant demands for new repertoire required inspiration and creativity as well as talent. Influence ebbed and flowed between composers, nations, styles and beliefs. Bach was inspired by his devoutness and his vast collection of other composers’ works; Handel reinvented himself between German, Italian and English styles, depending on where he was living and what was fashionable; Purcell loved theatrical spectacle; and Rameau was fascinated by the exploration of culture from abroad. In turn, our curious composers influenced generations of musicians to continually discover new horizons of musical creativity.
Wesley Church
Salut! Baroque 2024 Season - 3 Concerts (Canberra)
Friday 3 May 2024
Salut! presents its 2024 Concert Season. Dates of our remaining three concerts are:
Friday 3 May, 7.30pm (Wesley Church)
Friday 21 June, 7.30pm (Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia)
Friday 11 October, 7.30pm (Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia)
Fairfax Theatre, NGA
The Influencers - Salut! Baroque (Sydney)
Sunday 5 May 2024
Expectations were high for salaried composers during the Baroque period. Constant demands for new repertoire required inspiration and creativity as well as talent. Influence ebbed and flowed between composers, nations, styles and beliefs. Bach was inspired by his devoutness and his vast collection of other composers’ works; Handel reinvented himself between German, Italian and English styles, depending on where he was living and what was fashionable; Purcell loved theatrical spectacle; and Rameau was fascinated by the exploration of culture from abroad. In turn, our curious composers influenced generations of musicians to continually discover new horizons of musical creativity.
Verbrugghen Hall.
Salut! Baroque 2024 Season - All 3 Concerts (Sydney)
Sunday 5 May 2024
Salut! presents its 2024 Concert Season. A subscription covers three concert dates in Verbrugghen Hall:
Sunday 5 May, 3.00pm
Sunday 23 June, 3.00pm
Sunday 13 October, 3.00pm
Verbrugghen Hall
The Historian - Salut! Baroque (Canberra)
Friday 21 June 2024
Travelling widely throughout Europe and befriending musicians from Handel to Haydn, it is hard to believe that Charles Burney began his career as an indentured servant musician. With his intellect and extensive networking, Burney embarked on cultural pilgrimages, leaving a legacy of strongly opinionated letters, three books and four volumes of the History of Music. These reveal some of the most extraordinary aspects of daily and cultural life during the baroque period. Burney’s historical accounts, replete with gossip and withering observations, enrich our appreciation of the compositions and provide us with a rich source of cultural history.
Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia
The Historian - Salut! Baroque (Sydney)
Sunday 23 June 2024
Travelling widely throughout Europe and befriending musicians from Handel to Haydn, it is hard to believe that Charles Burney began his career as an indentured servant musician. With his intellect and extensive networking, Burney embarked on cultural pilgrimages, leaving a legacy of strongly opinionated letters, three books and four volumes of the History of Music. These reveal some of the most extraordinary aspects of daily and cultural life during the baroque period. Burney’s historical accounts, replete with gossip and withering observations, enrich our appreciation of the compositions and provide us with a rich source of cultural history.
Verbrugghen Hall.
The Networker - Salut! Baroque (Canberra)
Friday 11 October 2024
With his exceptional networking skills and his 43-year association with the Dresden Court Orchestra, including 27 years as concert master, Johann Georg Pisendel was the beating heart of the most famous orchestra in 18th century Europe. Pisendel gathered and inspired a remarkable group of musicians and composers, including Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, Albinoni, Quantz and Zelenka, many of whom dedicated works to him. Pisendel was a fastidious music copyist during his tenure. He also amassed a collection of more than 2,000 music scores from his trips to Italy and France, giving the orchestra unparalleled access to repertoire.
Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia
The Networker - Salut! Baroque (Sydney)
Sunday 13 October 2024
With his exceptional networking skills and his 43-year association with the Dresden Court Orchestra, including 27 years as concert master, Johann Georg Pisendel was the beating heart of the most famous orchestra in 18th century Europe. Pisendel gathered and inspired a remarkable group of musicians and composers, including Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, Albinoni, Quantz and Zelenka, many of whom dedicated works to him. Pisendel was a fastidious music copyist during his tenure. He also amassed a collection of more than 2,000 music scores from his trips to Italy and France, giving the orchestra unparalleled access to repertoire.
Verbrugghen Hall.
The Genius - Salut! Baroque (Sydney)
Sunday 18 February 2024
CPE Bach described his father’s house as “like a pigeonry, and just as full of life”, with Johann Sebastian keeping an open house where “no master of music was likely to travel through [Leipzig] without making my father's acquaintance and letting himself be heard by him”. Bach was a genial host, in contrast to his combative relationship with authority. The complex character behind the music we admire so greatly was not always so well regarded during his life, and it was often his rivals who enjoyed the greater success. This program places the genius of Bach’s music beside the composers who most impacted his life and work.
Verbrugghen Hall.
The Genius - Salut! Baroque (Canberra)
Friday 16 February 2024
CPE Bach described his father’s house as “like a pigeonry, and just as full of life”, with Johann Sebastian keeping an open house where “no master of music was likely to travel through [Leipzig] without making my father's acquaintance and letting himself be heard by him”. Bach was a genial host, in contrast to his combative relationship with authority. The complex character behind the music we admire so greatly was not always so well regarded during his life, and it was often his rivals who enjoyed the greater success. This program places the genius of Bach’s music beside the composers who most impacted his life and work.
Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia
