Czech Mate

Name: Czech Mate
Start: 2026-05-13T08:00:00+10:00
End: 2026-05-13T09:15:00+10:00
Location: St John's Church, Launceston

Schedule

Wed May 13 2026 at 08:00 am to 09:15 am

UTC+10:00

Location

St John's Church, Launceston | Launceston, TS

This new international collaboration brings together four formidable performers to perform music full of inventiveness and experimentation.
Featuring some of the most exciting musicians working in historically informed performance today, Czech Mate unites Czech violinist Helena Zemanová, VDB Artistic Director Julia Fredersdorff (Baroque violin), Australian dulcian specialist Jane Gower and renowned Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
The turn of the seventeenth century was one of the most revolutionary moments in Western music: old traditions gave way to bold new ideas, instruments with radical potential were invented, and composers passionately searched for ever more expressive forms.
Czech Mate delves deep into this era, where composers like Castello, Fontana, Ortiz and Schmelzer were inventing the language of Western music in real time.
With a full-length program exclusive to Launceston, together this lineup of early music superstars share baroque music from before it was told how to behave.