


Since 2008, Latitude 37 has been delighting audiences around Australia and beyond with its unique approach to early music, combining musical integrity with a passion for communicating the beauty and humanity of Baroque music through performance.
This album contains all-new recordings of music which has brought the trio joy over its first ten years together. ‘We’ve chosen works that are close to our heart as Baroque players – traditional favourites such as Marin Marais’s Bells of St Genevieve as well as lesser-known gems by Erlebach, Cavalli andUccellini. And we also wanted to celebrate those times when we kick off our shoes and have some collective fun: exotic Bulgarian dances, French folk songs, and exquisite music by Erik Satie, reimagined for the 17th century.’
The three members of Latitude 37 – two from Australia and one originally from New Zealand – are all graduates of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, drawn together by their commitment to historically informed performance of 17th- and 18th-century music, and their performances marry scholarship with virtuosity, creative flair and a warm rapport with audiences.
Named after the latitudinal position which links Melbourne to New Zealand, the trio has become a firm favourite on the Australasian early music scene, with regular festival appearances, concerts at the Melbourne Recital Centre, tours for Chamber Music New Zealand, numerous broadcasts on
ABC Classic and three CD albums, including two ARIA nominations. Its distinctive combination of Baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord opens up a wealth of repertoire that is rarely explored by other Australian ensembles.
TRACKLISTING
1 TRAD. BULGARIAN arr. Latitude 37
Bulgarjaska 1 & 2
2 PHILIPP HEINRICH ERLEBACH
Sonata Seconda: IV. Sarabande
3 ERIK SATIE arr. Latitude 37
Gnossienne No. 3
4 LEV KNIPPER arr. Latitude 37
Song of the Steppes
5 TRAD. FRENCH arr. Latitude 37
Où êtes-vous allés mes belles amourettes
6 TRAD. FRENCH arr. Latitude 37
Dedans une plaine
7 FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Canzona à 3: IV. Passacaglia
8 PALESTRINA arr. BASSANO
Tota pulchra es
9 MARCO UCCELLINI
Sonata Seconda ‘La Luciminia Contenta’
10 MARIN MARAIS
Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris
Latitude 37:
Julia Fredersdorff Baroque violin
Donald Nicolson harpsichord & organ
Laura Vaughanviola da gamba & lirone
with special guests:
Hannah Lane triple harp
Lizzy Welsh Baroque violin
Nicholas Pollock theorbo & gallichon