La Compañia – Baroque Echoes

A stunning journey from the Scottish Highlands to the lively metropolis of Baroque London.

Joined by stunning soprano Jacqueline Porter, Renaissance ensemble La Compañia brings their virtuosity and flair to the hauntingly evocative rhythms and melodies of the Celtic and English Baroque eras.

Directed by Danny Lucin, La Compañia embodies its repertoire with precision, flexibility, and vibrant musicality. Unearthing some of the most beautiful and fascinating music from the 16th and early 17th centuries, the ensemble is recognised as Australia’s preeminent period instrumental group specialising in Renaissance and early Baroque music.

Audiences will embark on a musical journey woven through time. From the Scottish Highlands to the Emerald Isle and the lively metropolis of Baroque London, witness a program of heartfelt laments, graceful ayres and exuberant jigs and reels.

Artists

Danny Lucin cornetto, director
Jacqueline Porter soprano
Stephanie Eldridge baroque violin 
Arun Patterson baroque violin
Victoria Watts viola da gamba
Laura Vaughan viola da gamba, violone
Rosemary Hodgson theorbo, renaissance & baroque guitar
Denis Close percussion, renaissance guitar
Christine Baker percussion

Program

Ireland
Anonymous 
Óró Mhór a Mhóirín & Reel (early 17thC)
An Drumadóir

Irish Jigs & Reel Set (Traditional)
O’gallagher’s Frolics
A fig for a Kiss
Comb your hair and curl it
Toss the feathers
Cooley’s Reel

Scotland
William Thomson
Lochaber

Thomas Oliver & George Boyd (c.1800)
John Anderson My Jo

Scotch Reel Set (Traditional)
The Reel of Tulloch
The Carl he came O’er the craft
Comely Garden
Biodag Ain Mc Omish
The Boganuadh, Mrs Morthland

England
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, Z.629, Act I: If Love’s a Sweet Passion

John Playford
Greensleves to a Ground with Divisions

Henry Purcell
Strike the Viol

John Playford
Never love thee More

Henry Purcell
How Vile Are the Sordid Intrigues

John Playford
Drive the Cold Winter Away, Cold and Raw