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Van Diemen's Band Lunchbox Concert Series

Next date: Thursday, 27 July 2023 | 01:05 PM to 01:55 PM

Van Diemen's Band's immensely popular lunchtime concert series continues in pataway/Burnie with five bite-sized concerts held in your lunch-break - all for the price of a sandwich!

Curated by VDB's Artistic Director, Julia Fredersdorff, these concerts showcase some of Tassie's finest musical talent, alongside interstate and international guests.

Escape the hustle and bustle with an eclectic program of music spanning a rich variety of genres and styles, and step into an oasis of calm listening to beautiful music in a casual and welcoming setting.

Thursday 27 July Luke Plumb + Randal Muir

For this special Lunchbox Concert, Luke Plumb takes to the stage with accordionist Randal Muir, in a program featuring European waltzes, South American rumba and choro arranged for virtuosic accordion and mandolin.

Thursday 3 August Alexey Yemtsov

Enjoy thrilling technique and lyrical musicianship when Ukraine-born pianist Alexey Yemtsov performs Schubert's D minor Sonata D537 alongside works by Brahms, Chopin and Rachmaninov.

Thursday 10 August Riches + Wood

North-west Tasmanian chamber music duo Josie Riches (voilin) and David Wood (guitar) present a program ranging from the renaissance to the 21 century that features music from Vienna to Buenos Aires, from composers including Diabelli, Piazzolla and Ourkouzounov.

Thursday 17 August Two x Two Violins

Prepare to be enchanted when VDB Fellowship violinists Alethea Coombe and Natalya Bing join forces with Julia Fredersdorff and Susie Furphy in a program of lively baroque violin duets, plus two delightful Telemann concertos for four violins without bass.

Thursday 24 August Latitude 37: Upon a Ground

Discover the colourful, quirky, sophisticated and eccentric instrumental world of 17th century England with Latitude 37, hailed by The Australian as "marvellously skilled and impeccably stylish... an Australian baroque group that can confidently mix it with the world's best'.

Travel from court to tavern with refined dances for lyra viol in consort by Jenkins, brilliant solos by Byrd for harpsichord and sprightly divisions for the violin.