Borderlands
Dietrich Becker
Sonata No.5 in F (1668)
Borderlands Suite – assembled by Julia Fredersdorff
Samuel Scheidt
Galliard Battaglia
Dietrich Becker Paduan
Jean de Sainte-Colombe Les Pleurs
Samuel Scheidt Courant
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach ‘Chaconne’ from Ouverture No.2
Tomaso Albinoni Sinfonia à 5, Op.2 No.3 in C (1700)
Georg Muffat Sonata No.1 in D (1677)
María Huld Sigfúsdóttir Clockworking (2013)
Anonymous – attr. Biber Sonata Jucunda
Donald Nicolson Spirals (2022) – world premiere performances*
Tasmanian Baroque ensemble Van Diemen’s Band invites you to explore the historic borderlands of Europe on their national tour with Musica Viva Australia. For centuries, generations of musicians wrote dances and masses, symphonies and quartets, as their homelands changed ownership under their feet. Or their nations remained steadfast, allowing the most magical cultural overlaps at the border fringes.
Through composers such as Samuel Scheidt and Dietrich Becker, you will hear the trials of battle – loss, regret, resentment – and, at long last, healing. Listen to composers who were touched by the Thirty Years’ War within the Holy Roman Empire, their countries crumbling around them.
María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (Iceland) and Donald Nicolson (Australia) are living composers who will bring you closer to our time. Just as Van Diemen’s Band invites instrumental guests from across Australia’s state borders, these composers remind us how we’re still united through music – no matter what borders lie between us.
Premium $153 ($133 Concession)
A Reserve $122 ($107 Concession)
B Reserve $92 ($80 Concession)
C Reserve $64 ($56 Concession)
Family of Four
$100 (2 adults + 2 children OR 1 adult + 3 children)
Under 40
$40
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