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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

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

Roy Westbrook, 1st April

From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre.

****1

Energy, precision and drama from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Susan Stempleski, 31st March

Marin Alsop is joined by pianist Hayato Sumino as she conducts the Philadelphians in an exhilarating program of works by John Adams, Gershwin and Prokofiev.

****1

Evgeny Kissin leaves a trail of happy hearts at the Barbican

Christopher Woodley, 31st March

With a spring in his step, Evgeny Kissin returns to Barbican Hall and gives well-wrought accounts of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.

****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.