In their upcoming concert THOROUGHBASS, comprising Shaun Ng on viola da gamba), Shaun Warden on violin and  Diana Weston on harpsichord, will perform music from or influenced by the Spanish baroque. Vigorous rhythms, outlandish dissonance and heart-felt melodies are the soul of Spain.

The past lives in the present in this concert with present-day music based on that of centuries ago.

In his suite Fantasia para un Gentilhombre Rodrigo really lets his imagination fly. Basing this set of 4 movements on the baroque and folk music of Spain, we hear marches, dances, songs and the raw street sounds of foot-stamping, hand-clapping and guitar-strums.

Stephen Yates’ modern-day take on an anonymous Spanish 18th century fandango resulted in his own melodramatic fantasy Fandangle.

Wind back the clock a couple of centuries and we find Domenico Scarlatti doing a similar thing. His sonatas for harpsichord reveal strangely modern dissonances, insistent patterns and heart-breaking melodies set to guitar-like accompaniments. Eerily similar in style is  Bach’s Fantasia in C minor.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS : 

FANS, FANTASIES AND FANDANGOS : Thoroughbass in Concert @ St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ourimbah Road, Mosman on Sunday 24th September @ 3pm.

For more about Fans, Fantasias and Fandangos, visit http://www.thoroughbass.com.au
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