Mozart et C.P.E. Bach par Laurence Equilbey

By Julie Jozwiak, 26 September 2015

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“Les parties semblent lissées, égalisées, les contrastes noyés dans une métrique impeccable”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Salle des concerts de la Cité de la musique, Paris on 24 September 2015

Mozart, Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major, K339

Bach C.P.E., Magnificat in D major, Wq 215, H 772

accentus

Insula orchestra

Laurence Equilbey, Conductor

Judith van Wanroij, Soprano

Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Contralto

Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor

Andreas Wolf, Bass

Funereal Fauré and Gounod from Equilbey, accentus and Insula

David Karlin, 20th November

Gorgeous French music, polished choral singing and excellent soloists are marred by an overwhelmingly dark timbre and unsympathetic video.

***11

Darkness and light: Equilbey's period Fidelio in concert

Kevin W Ng, 11th May

Laurence Equilbey makes a convincing case for a younger, fresher Fidelio played on period instruments.

****1

Laurence Equilbey and Insula fly the flag for Farrenc in Paris

Mark Pullinger, 8th March

Louise Farrenc bucked the trend by composing symphonies at a time when Paris had turned its back on the symphony.

***11

Weber's Freischütz minus the magic at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Mark Pullinger, 19th October

A disappointing staging of Weber's supernatural opera by Compagnie 14:20 in Paris

**111

Successful resurrection of Farrenc's Third Symphony by Insula Orchestra

Dominic Lowe, 8th March

There's a strong chance that the majority of the audience had never seen Louise Farrenc's Third Symphony before; conductor Laurence Equilbey made a strong case for repeat performances.

****1

Superb Lucio Silla in Vienna

Jonathan Sutherland, 27th April

Early Mozart opera seria triumphs in Vienna’s ‘other house’.

****1

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Julie Jozwiak

Après des études en lettres et musicologie ainsi qu’un master d’école de commerce, Julie Jozwiak s’est consacrée à la production de concerts classiques. Elle est harpiste, choriste et violoniste, mais se définit surtout comme mélomane passionnée, et affectionne aussi beaucoup la danse classique qu’elle a longtemps pratiquée. Son amour inconditionnel du spectacle vivant l’incite à se rendre quasi quotidiennement au concert, à l’opéra, au ballet, au théâtre… ou à tout autre type de performance scénique.