Bach & Telemann II: Coffee and a Dead Canary

A caffeine-fuelled dose of charm.

Join us for a caffeine-fuelled dose of charm as Bach's Coffee Cantata, Telemann's Canary Cantata and Bernier's Le Caffé are reimagined as a cheeky 75-minute triple bill bursting with comic characters, irresistible music and theatrical flair. Think 1950s glamour, sparkling wit and just the right amount of delightful absurdity. It's playful, stylish and impossible to resist.

Bach's Coffee Cantata celebrates caffeine's most devoted fan in a comic battle of wills between an independent daughter and her exasperated father. Telemann's Canary Cantata transforms the loss of a beloved pet into an unexpectedly touching miniature, while Bernier's Le Caffé completes the evening with an irreverent tribute to everyone's favourite pick-me-up.

Director Eugene Lynch and designer Melanie Liertz bring these three miniature gems together in one gloriously imaginative world, where one story tumbles effortlessly into the next. Filled with playful surprises, visual wit and theatrical invention, this joyous production is pure escapism: funny, inventive and guaranteed to send you home smiling.


Program

Nicolas Bernier Le Caffé "Coffee" (from volume 3 of cantates françoises)

Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin Flute Concerto in E minor

Georg Phillip Telemann
Trauer-Musik eines Kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels
"Funeral Music for an artistically skilled Canary" (TWV 20:37)

Johann Sebastian Bach Kaffeekantate "Coffee Cantata" (BWV 211)


Our new 7.00pm Saturday performance is the perfect excuse for a spring night out!

To celebrate, we're partnering with City Recital Hall to offer specially priced cocktails before every performance, including $15 Espresso Martinis and $10 Gin & Tonics with a lemon twist.*

*Available from one hour before each performance. For patrons aged 18+.