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Ludovico’s Band: Sound the Trumpet

by Julie McErlain 6th November, 2019
by Julie McErlain 6th November, 2019
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If good things come in threes, then the combination of counter tenor Maximilian Riebl, Ludovico’s Band and the new world-class performance venue, Hanson Dyer Hall, was always going to be a winning combination. Sound The Trumpet, was perhaps a cheeky metaphor chosen to call in the troops as there were no trumpets or sackbuts to be seen, but the popularity of the Southbank Series, with our Local Heroes, had already guaranteed a dedicated following of Henry Purcell’s music, along with an audience hungry to hear the first concert scheduled by Melbourne Recital Centre in the yet to be fully explored new Ian Potter Centre.

The well balanced fare of late Renaissance music began with Marshall McGuire directing the seven-piece stringed consort with a robust and lusty rendition of Purcell’s Overtue to Dido & Aeneas. Always entertaining and informative, artistic director Marshall McGuire summed up the essence of the music to come – love, passion, love, pain, love, sorrow, love, death. Purcell’s How Happy the Lover from King Arthur, brought the distinguished Maximilian Riebl into the spotlight. Audiences are truly enamoured by the unique qualities of a rare and true counter tenor voice, with Max’s warm, mellow and fruity tones taking us from colours of gold to silver and back to gold. His purity of tone and intonation, and his ability to expressively broaden or contract the tone of a single note displayed his impressive use of the voice as a “real” Renaissance instrument. In Here The Deities Approve, the God Musick and of Love, the consort’s lower strings supported the soloist’s flowing charming mood and melodies with joyful ease, elegance and the light pastoral quality of the English ayre.

Ludovico’s Band continued the “happy section” of Purcell’s music, with the lively and energetic Chaconne from “The Fairy Queen.” With few people able to dance a chaconne these days, this music has proven suitable for even a romantic circular waltz. With the regular footfall of the pulse and the energetic and joyful character of today’s colourful ensemble, I felt like dancing.

Then we were introduced to the “sad” section, with John Dowland’s most well-known ayre Flow My Tears delicately accompanied by solo harp. Previously arranged for lute under the title Lachrymae this rendition was truly sorrowful and expressive, sensitive but not tragic or despairing. Riebl’s voice portrayed endearment and sadness with notably effective dynamic levels and extremes of softness and subtle and tender ornamentation. Fascinated by the vocal quality, the audience hung on to every note of this popular work. The instruments responded with charming transcriptions of Dowland’s Lachrymae and Purcell’s Chacony in G minor with dramatic feeling and rhythmic energy.

The poetry of O Death Rock Me Asleep, attributed to Anne Boleyn and said to be written in 1536 before her execution, is a truly emotional and fateful lament. Such simple, repeated motifs, descending with a sigh, resignedly become just single pitch phrases. Beautiful and touching. All performers conveyed the essential spirit and intimate feeling of the verses with tenderness and empathy. The final motif “For now, I die” was repeated insistently and more gently, becoming just a single note, with the solo chamber organ adding a spiritual resolution with its final chords. A shadowy and sad postlude.  A segue into Robert Parson’s fine tragic consort song Pandolpho furtheredthe evening’s program of vocal beauty, and empathetic instrumental accompanying continued to take our imaginations to centuries past.

The final work from the one-act dramatic cantata, The Choice of Hercules, Handel’s Lead, Goddess, Lead the way, allowed Riebl to continue to charm the audience with delightful ornamentation, lyricism and technical accomplishment.

Ludovico’s Band completed the joyful presentation of this fine program with an encore of the Chaconne from Purcell’s Fairy Queen. Music for hearts and feet to dance to. World class music in a world class venue.

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Julie McErlain reviewed the performance of Ludovico’s Band with Maximilian Riebl, “Sound the Trumpet” as part of the Melbourne Recital Centre 2019 Southbank Series, in Hanson Dyer Hall on November 2, 2019.

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Julie McErlain

Julie McErlain has a passionate love of and involvement with many kinds of music. Classically trained, she completed a bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne with Honours in Piano and Composition, also studying oboe, percussion and guitar, and completing a sub-major in English. She supported herself as a student playing at Ballet Victoria and Australian Ballet schools, in musical theatre groups and in the wider entertainment industry as a solo pianist, and in a wide variety of classical, popular, folk and jazz ensembles. She has an active involvement in performing regularly in classical music concerts, jazz and contemporary music, also playing the saxophone and creating the first Women & Jazz festival and workshop series in Melbourne in 1981. Always a music teacher, conductor, concert and festival goer, Julie was Music Concert Reviewer for the Warrnambool STANDARD for three years, covering all styles of major music performances, promoting local music and reviewing major Australian artists and companies. She loves having the opportunity to hear new music, be inspired and challenged to use her creative writing skills, and contribute to promoting unique musical performances.

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May 11
May 11 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Astra Choir: In us are all passions and all vices

May 12
May 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Daniel Lozakovich

May 13
May 13 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series

Selby & Friends: This Mirror Has Three Faces

May 13 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series

Selby & Friends: This Mirror Has Three Faces

May 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Distant World

May 13 @ 7:30 pm - 8:40 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: Opera Closets

May 14
May 14 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

ANAM at the Convent: Sara Macliver with ANAM Pianos

May 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: Lyric Opera – Their Voices Will Rise

May 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Event Series

Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular

May 15
May 15 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: Beethoven, Cherny and Liszt Piano Duets and Songs

May 15 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Event Series

Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular

May 15 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: An Evening of Fairy Tales

May 16
May 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Event Series

Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

May 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: The Institute for Enquiring Minds Presents Michael Leslie – Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann

May 16 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Event Series

Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular

May 16 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series

Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

May 17
May 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: Beethoven Marathon Part Two – Beethoven’s 5th and 6th Symphonies for Piano Four Hands

May 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Theremin & Beyond

May 17 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: Liszt’s two piano arrangement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

May 16
May 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Event Series

Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

May 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: The Institute for Enquiring Minds Presents Michael Leslie – Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann

May 16 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Event Series

Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular

May 16 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series

Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

May 17
May 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: Beethoven Marathon Part Two – Beethoven’s 5th and 6th Symphonies for Piano Four Hands

May 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Theremin & Beyond

May 17 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: Liszt’s two piano arrangement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

May 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: An Evening of Fairy Tales

May 18
May 18 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Paavali

May 18 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series

fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: A Gwen Harwood Cycle

May 18 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation: Concert #2 – Atmosphere

May 19
May 19 @ 7:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Theremin & Beyond

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