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L’Amfiparnasso by Vecchi

Our run began in Canberra on the 8th of August, then on to Wollongong, Sydney and finished up in Newcastle of the 12th. Audiences were strong in all four cities and comedian Drew Forsythe was the perfect addition to the Song Company. Those who attended will corroborate that Drew had audiences in stitches with his seemingly endless array of comedic expressions. Playing 13 different characters and using only a handful of simple props, Drew expertly flitted between characters never once skipping a beat as he switched hats and expressions several times within one conversation.

Period musicians Tommie Andersson and Laura Vaughan played beautifully and our very own Roland Peelman directed the group from behind the harpsichord giving us a taste …

The China Tour

It was about 15 years ago that the Song Company last set foot on the Chinese mainland when we extended a trip to Hong Kong by going by train to the teeming and hugely polluted city of Guanzhou. It was a somewhat strange experience with the whole trip being chaperoned by two minders who never let us out of their sight. The concert was also strange in that the audience didn’t stop talking and obviously had no knowledge of Renaissance music.
So it was with a certain amount of trepidation that we stepped off the plane in Shanghai and into a waiting bus to take us to our first port of call – the provincial city of Hangzhou with a population …