30 Jul 2020

Introducing the viola d'amore

From Upbeat, 12:30 pm on 30 July 2020

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Archi d'amore Zelanda (Jane Curry, Donald Maurice, Inbal Megiddo)

Archi d'amore Zelanda (Jane Curry, Donald Maurice, Inbal Megiddo) Photo: Debbie Rawson

Imagined Dances cover art

Imagined Dances cover art Photo: Atoll Records

 

New Zealand ensemble Archi d'amore Zelanda has just released an album on the Atoll label, Imagined Dances, which features New Zealand compositions commissioned for the trio's interesting combination of guitar, cello, and viola d'amore.

Donald Maurice brought his beautiful viola d'amore into the studio and told David Morriss about the instrument and how he came to learn it.