Guest Artist
Hans-Dieter Michatz recorder
Hans-Dieter Michatz is looking back at over half a century of pioneering historically informed performance practice. His European background and training influenced several generations of students and professionals in Australia. He has worked as a flute and recorder player with many ensembles and orchestras here and overseas, as well as conducting ground-breaking choral, orchestral and opera performances, eg.: staged Handel Oratorios in collaboration with director Paul Thom and first performances of sacred works by JD Zelenka and A Vivaldi, with renowned researcher J. Stockigt.
Besides his acclaimed recording of Telemann’s ‘Sonate Metodiche’ with Linda Kent and the 6 Concerti with Monika Kornel (MOVE Records), he featured as a principal soloist in the ABC Classics Brandenburg Concerti and in Salut Baroque, Sydney Consort and Brandenburg Orchestra CDs. Hans-Dieter has taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music since the early 1990s, was a Classical Coordinator and lecturer at the Australian Institute of Music (AIM) and currently teaches in the AMPA Classical Program.
It is with deep gratitude for the opportunities and generosity he was able to experience from fellow musicians and audiences over many years that Hans-Dieter is now beginning to take his leave from the concert platform.
The Early Dance Consort
The Early Dance Consort specialises in the recreation of early European court dance, with a repertoire extending from the dances of the Renaissance and Baroque ballroom and stage to the social dances of the Classical era. The Consort has appeared with leading early and chamber music ensembles including the Australia Ensemble, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Capella Corelli, Elysium Ensemble, Adelaide Baroque, The Musicke, Pastance, Renaissance Players, Telemann Ensemble, Marais Project, Sydney Conservatorium Early Music Ensemble, Evergreen Ensemble, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and in 2020, Consort 8.
Choreographer and dance researcher, Fiona Garlick, first trained in classical ballet, Fine Arts, and earned a PhD for her work on French court dance at the court of Louis XIV. As artistic director of the Early Dance Consort Fiona has led early dance presentations, and choreographed for concerts and productions of early operas, ballets and plays. Co-director John Barnard trained in jazz ballet before turning to historical dance while studying architecture at the University of Sydney. He and Fiona have travelled widely in Britain, Europe and the USA to further their understanding and practice of early dance. John partners with Fiona both in performance and teaching activities ranging from evening classes and summer courses in Sydney to specialist workshops and lecture demonstrations.
Fiona & John are delighted to have been given this opportunity to appear with Consort 8 again. They can count many of its members as colleagues and friends, having worked together in various performance and workshop settings over the years.
Musicians
Susan Christie (Artistic Director) ~ recorder, viol
Tim Chung ~ countertenor, percussion
Susan Foulcher ~ recorder, viol
Jane Grimm ~ viol
Jude Huxtable ~ recorder
Daniel Murphy ~ recorder, viol
Annabelle McIver ~ viol
Brooke Shelley ~ soprano
Robert Small ~ recorder
Catherine Upex ~ viol
Bernard Williams ~ recorder, baroque guitar, theorbo
Guest Composers
Brian Kogler
Clive Lane
Louise Welsh
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