David Macfarlane
David Macfarlane studied organ at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music,
and musicology at the University of Sydney where he was the organ scholar.
From early in his studies, David has been particularly interested in
historically informed performances of keyboard and choral music from
the earliest manuscript sources through to the music of contemporary
composers.
After graduating, David moved to Austria, where he studied in and
graduated from the church music and performance departments of the
University for Performing Arts, Vienna. There, his keyboard teachers
included Michael Radulescu (organ and improvisation), Gordon Murray
(harpsichord), Erwin Ortner (conducting), and Augusta Campagna (continuo). Masterclasses gave
David the opportunity to work with other leading European musicians,
including Ton Koopman, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Gerhard
Schmidt-Gaden, Susan Landale, Peter Hurford, Rudi Meyer and Marie-Claire
Alain.
David was active as a performer and repetiteur whilst based in Europe.
He was the Director of Music at Salvator am Wienerfeld where he officiated
on the historically classified 1741 Dacci organ. He has recorded and
performed live for a number of national broadcast companies.
Since returning to Australia, David has continued to follow his passion
for organ and harpsichord performance and choir training. He is the Director of Music at All Saints' Anglican Church, East St.
Kilda where the male choir is believed to be the only parish church
choir in Australia that has maintained this tradition. David is also
the organist at Newman College, organist and harpsichordist for Past Echoes and for the Australian Classical Players. With Louisa Hunter-Bradley, he helped found the Buxtehude Consort, a choir that offers a limited number of younger, promising singers the experience of rehearsing and performing with a professional choir. Last year, David presented solo organ recitals for the Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields (English romantic organ music and its influences), the Past Echoes Autumn Festival (organ music of Buxtehude), the Organ Society of South Australia, Christ Church, Brunswick (to celebrate their 150th anniversary and the 35th anniversary of the organ) and St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne (music of Vierne, Heiller and Fleury).
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Past Echoes in performance
