It was a pleasure to take in Musica da Camera with 2 basses from the audience. This was such an interesting and inviting program and well presented. The MD was Robert Harris and the title dances and suites and there were plenty of them, nicely bouncy and rhythmic for dance. But RH is a viola player and the core theme was the presence of this lower sounding instrument, or at least moderately lower sounding for any cello of bassist. Maybe not so much lower as rich and big and just a fifth below the violins. And the bottom end filled out with Dorit Herskovits, Robert's wife and fellow long term professional. But the program was the feature and so inviting. Two pieces by Telemann, a concerto for two viols and an Ouverture-suite and a Schubert valse. Then a truly lovely modern Australian piece, River Valley dawn by Emma Greenhill, picturesque in its presence. Then five raucous and polytonal Greek dances from Nikos Skalkottas and a waltz and a tango from Elena Katz-Chernin and to finish the pizzicato polka from brother Strauss. And these works had relevance to RH and DH, Dorit having studied with Elena, they having toured the Greek musics, Telemann being a favourite and generally the joy of the dance, too, I guess. A lovely concert and nicely played.
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