2026 Oct 25th - Voices of Serenissima

This October, join us for a journey into the Grand Canal of Venice, the Most Serene Republic. Voices of Serenissima presents a curated selection of vocal and instrumental gems from the 17th and 18th centuries. Through works by Albinoni, Marini, Merula, Monteverdi, and Vivaldi, we invite you to experience the colour and expressive vitality that made Venice one of Europe’s most captivating musical centres.

Toorak Uniting Church, 603 Toorak Rd, Toorak

3:00pm, Sunday 25 October 2026 - Doors open at 2:40pm

Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/DPFTA - $20/$15 Please contact us to get a community access promotion if cost is a barrier to you to attend. Children Free.

Program:

• Tarquinio Merula - Ciaccona

• Claudio Monteverdi - "La Musica" from Orfeo

• Claudio Monteverdi - "Chiome d'oro"

• Tomaso Albinoni - Sinfonia a 5, Op 2. No 3

• Biagio Marini - Passacalio a 4

• Claudio Monteverdi - "Venite venite"

• Claudio Monteverdi - "Zefiro torna"

• Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Violins, RV 565

• Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria III. "Laudamus te", RV 589

Performers:

• Voice - Sarah Louise Amos, Natalie Maroki

• Violin - Benjamin Sim, Jason Yong, Ray Chan, Terence Lu

• Viola - Tiffany Duncan

• Cello - Jamie Wallis

• Theorbo - Koosha Ahmadi

• Continuo - Dylan Quinlan-Baskett

2026 Jul 19 - Corn Riggs are Bonny

3:00pm, Sunday 19 July 2026

Venue: Private Residence (Heritage Mansion), Fitzroy North

Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/DMZRP

This July, Progetto Corelli returns to the beautiful heritage mansion in Fitzroy North where we had [Divertimenti] and [Banchetto Musicale] concerts. Fresh from the 2026 National Celtic Festival, we are delighted to bring our festival program home to Melbourne, expanded with additional Baroque sonatas by those composers.

This concert will showcase a selection of favourite old Scots airs and sonatas published in the mid eighteenth century, the period now referred to as the Scottish Enlightenment. At that time, it was popular for Italian musicians to seek further opportunities for themselves in Scotland. Composers like Barsanti and Geminiani applied their Italian aesthetic to Scottish music, for example adding formalised basso continuo and ornamentation. Scottish composers like McGibbon, Oswald and Reid were influenced by the Italian approach, and wove similar musical devices into their own settings and compositions that they published and sold in London and Edinburgh. This cosmopolitan cross-over became known as the ‘Scots drawing-room style’.

Program include:

• Francesco Barsanti (1690 ~ 1775)

• General John Reid (1721 ~ 1807) 

• Burk Thumoth (c.1710 ~ c.1755)

• William McGibbon (1690 ~ 1756)

• Francesco Geminiani (1687 ~ 1762)

• James Oswald (1710 ~ 1769)

A more detailed program will be announced soon.

2026 Jun 6 - National Celtic Folk Festival

​​Progetto Corelli showcases a selection of old Scots tunes, sonatas and airs from manuscripts of the mid eighteenth century—the Scottish Enlightenment. Leaning into the Scots Drawing Room style, the concert features melodies published by Francesco Barsanti, Burk, Geminiani, Reid, McGibbon, and Oswald.

There will be two shows on Saturday in Portarlington:

• ​2:30pm 6 June 2026 - Club Room

• 7pm 6 June 2026 - St Patrick's Church​

Details about the national celtic folk festival 2026: https://www.nationalcelticfestival.com

Ferry services connecting Melbourne and Portarlington: https://www.portphillipferries.com.au/tickets-times/portarlington-to-docklands/