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''well
attuned to dialogue and punctuation... beautifully harmonious... nicely
rounded in style..." Early Music Association Newsletter, June 2004
''a
promising sextet...'' North Shore Times, June 2004
La
Folia is a young chamber ensemble that specialises in recreating the music
of the enlightenment (1600 - 1800) using historical instruments and
performing principles. La Folia's performances are characterised by
unconventional approaches to concert format, sharing original research
findings and infectious levels of enthusiasm generated in performance.
La
Folia began as a group of enthusiastic early music students at the Sydney
Conservatorium of Music. These musicians bring to the ensemble a vast
experience of chamber music and orchestral performance, and individual
research into the performance practices of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries.
Their combined experience draws from working with various
instrumentalists, singers, dancers and actors; all professional performers
with groups such as the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Salut! Baroque,
the Early Dance Consort, The Bell Shakespeare Company, The Tall Poppeas,
the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the New Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
of Cologne, the St. Laurence Baroque Orchestra as well as national and
international conductors and soloists.
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