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Genesis Baroque brings the vibrant music of the 17th and 18th centuries to life with fresh intensity. The ensemble’s players are some of Australia’s most respected early-music specialists, known for their precision and generosity on stage. Their historically informed performances use period instruments to recapture the emotional immediacy of the Baroque masters. For this special concert, they are joined by the illustrious Choir of Trinity College, renowned for their precise and expressive consort singing. This debut performance by both companies in the Castlemaine Town Hall offers an evening of grandeur without distance — a dialogue between centuries, made intimate once again.
Expect an opening concert of radiant, timeless Baroque masterworks by Handel, Bach and Vivaldi guaranteed to set your spirit soaring.
This special 50th anniversary year concert will commence with the Festival Fanfare by Australian composer Peter Charles Rorke. The Festival commissioned the work, which premiered at the first Festival in 1976, performed by the Thompson Foundry Band.
This performance of Thompson’s Foundry Band is being sponsored by the family of the late Yiu Kwong Mak in his memory. During Mak’s time studying engineering at Castlemaine Technical College in the early 1960s, Mak developed a lifelong admiration for the Band.