Beautiful Baroque by Linh
Adelaide Baroque presented a wonderful musical treat performed by the talented ensemble, Musica da Camera. In the show titled Summer featuring Adelaide soprano Tessa Miller (pictured), and local actor Paul Blackwell as narrator, the audience was entertained with the superb accompaniment by Lesley Lewis on harpsichord, Zoe Barry on cello and Lynton Rivers on recorder. The concert also featured original compositions by Natalie Williams which were interspersed throughout.
Summer is exquisitely fused with musical and literal gems from Australian writers, including Natalie Williams, Michael Leunig and John Tranter.
Actor Paul Blackwell gives a sterling performance as narrator with poems read enthusiastically to reflect the Australian summer and you can visualise the action through his relaxed narrative style.
Tessa's ethereal soprano voice floats delicately over the lively resonant sounds of the harpsichord in Francois Couperin's Summer Amusement, and brings heightened excitement in Natalie Williams' Summer-Transparent Liquors.
Although Summer is over, the Autumn can revel in the similar joys of cool, gentle breezes and delight in the earth's yielding of fresh fruits.
Sadly, this was a one off concert for the Fringe at the Pilgrim Church, but the Adelaide Baroque series Four Seasons continues throughout the year with more brilliant music and prose featuring Musica da Camera.
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