Plucked: The Lyre of Orpheus

Melba Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series presented by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Artists:
Hannah Lane – Italian Baroque triple harp
Nicholas Pollock – theorbo

A musical icon of ancient Greece, the demigod Orpheus had the ability to charm wild animals with his magical lyre. His story illuminates the divine power of music and was destined to inspire groundbreaking works, such as those that came out of 17th-century Italy. Throughout the courts of the Italian Peninsula, virtuoso musicians used newly invented plucked string instruments to evoke the power of Orpheus’s lyre and bewitch their audiences with an innovative style of music and playing. Immerse yourself in the sensual sounds of early plucked strings, as Ensemble 642 perform spellbinding music by some of the most pioneering composers of the early Baroque including Kapsberger, Castaldi and Frescobaldi, in its most intimate duo setting.