Hear, O Israel!

By Kristina Powers, 21 November 2010

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Reviewed at Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville on 7 November 2010

Bloch, Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)

Handel, Coronation Anthem no. 1: Zadok the priest, HWV 258

Handel, Coronation Anthem no. 2: The King shall rejoice, HWV 260

Handel, Coronation Anthem no. 4: Let thy hand be strengthened; HWV 259

Bach, Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV1067

Downers Grove Choral Society

Robert Holst, Director

David Goldstein, Baritone

Mary Stingley, Flute

Rest in Peace

Kristina Powers, 1st May

Mozart’s Requiem – Piety, mythical murder, and mystery. Completed at the time of Mozart’s death and popularized by the 1984 movie Amadeus, this piece has since become the curiosity piece of audiences seeking the signature sensationalism of today’s state-of-the-arts media.

Rest in Peace

Kristina Powers, 1st May

More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

****1

The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Mark Valencia, 21st May

Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.

****1

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

****1

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Kristina Powers

Kristina is a Liberal Arts major at Lewis University in Illinois and an experienced musician with a passion for historically informed performance practice. A violinist since the age of six, she plays several instruments, sings soprano, is continuing her musical education and performs at local venues.