Saturday 11 November 1995
Sunday 12 November 1995
Foyer, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne
Collins Street Grand Music Promenade
PROGRAM
Claudio Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Singers unknown
Tenor: Gerald English
REVIEW
Tuesday, 14 December 1995, The Age [Melbourne], page 16. (extract)
A program as game as it is grand
Clive O’Connell
[…] This was hard to discern at 101 Collins Street when John O’Donnell, his Ensemble Gombert and Fonte
Musicale plugged away at Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. Apart from the chillingly clear tenor of Gerald
English, much of this performance sounded muddy because of the playing space. On top of that, O’Donnell
undertook too much, moving between organ and harpsichord while trying to lead every part of this long
work.
Clive O’Connell/Courtesy of The Age