Bach bien vale una misa: Collegium Vocale Gent en Madrid

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 12 June 2019

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 11 June 2019

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232

Dorothee Mields, Soprano

Hana Blažíková, Soprano

Alex Potter, Countertenor

Thomas Hobbs, Tenor

Krešimir Stražanac, Baritone

Collegium Vocale Gent

Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor

The dark side of Arcadia: Collegium Vocale Gent at Musikfest Berlin

Elena Luporini, 27th August

At this year's Musikfest Berlin, the Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe perform a programme inspired by Arcadia, in what could might as well be a pastoral concept album.

****1

Philippe Herreweghe conducts an energetic Mozart Requiem in Antwerp

Edward Sava-Segal, 7th May

Despite distancing, the members of Collegium Vocale Gent filled the Queen Elisabeth Hall with an impressively cohesive sound, transparent and powerful at the same time.

****1

Herreweghe achieves purity and unity in Bach's Mass in B minor

Nahoko Gotoh, 14th June

There are multiple ways of approaching Bach's Mass in B minor, from the one-to-a-part advocated by Joshua Rifkin to a more conventional large choral approach, and everything in between.

****1

A near miss in Mozart's Requiem

Dominic Lowe, 26th August

Although Ács Ákos gave an excellent performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, Iván Fischer's innovative Requiem didn't quite work.

***11

Haydn's Creation not quite a Big Bang at Holland Festival

Nicolas Nguyen, 13th June

At the Holland Festival, the performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with film images by Julian Rosefeldt does not quite unfold as the spectacle it promises on paper.

**111

Funeral Anthem proves an inspired opener for the Oslo International Church Music Festival

Travis Mason, 4th March

A stunning performance of virtuosic ensemble singing by Collegium Vocale Gent to open the 16th Oslo International Church Music Festival

****1

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.