Mozart par la Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris

By Luce Zurita, 01 October 2014

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“Un voyage crépusculaire mais non moins lumineux”

Reviewed at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London on 30 September 2014

Mozart, Serenade no. 13 in G major, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K525

Mozart, Offertory in D minor, "Misericordias Domini", K222 (K205a)

Mozart, Motet in D major, "Ave verum Corpus", K618

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

Southbank Sinfonia

Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris

Lionel Sow, Choirmaster / chorus director

Andreea Soare, Soprano

Agata Schmidt, Mezzo-soprano

Palchykov, Oleksiy, Tenor

Gnatiuk, Andriy, Bass

A sensitive and stylish new production of Phaedra

Mark Valencia, 15th May

A post-mortem fantasy that’s as compelling as it is confusing.

****1

Ashkenazy and the Southbank Sinfonia

Aaron Davies, 16th October

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Southbank Chamber orchestra in a programme dedicated to the interpretation of classical dance forms.

***11

The Enchanted Island a rich and strange Baroque confection

John Johnston, 5th September

Rather than compiling a Top Ten of Baroque Hits, The Enchanted Island amounts to much more than a gallimaufry of choice gobbets, seasoned with French galenterie.

****1

Impressive Rake’s Progress from British Youth Opera

David Truslove, 4th September

Fine performances from a confident cast brought some terrific singing as well as depth of characterisation in Stravinsky’s only full-length opera.

****1

Devilishly good fun: The Rake's Progress

Benjamin Poore, 17th November

A compelling and energetic debut production from a new opera company in the raddled surroundings of Wilton's Music Hall.

****1

Tragedy undermined at Wilton's

Mark Pullinger, 4th November

Paring the action down to just four singers, La Tragédie de Carmen is the perfect vehicle and venue for a handful of the Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists to strut their stuff.

**111

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Luce Zurita

A graduate from a Masters-degree in Literature (Paris-Sorbonne university) and in Music (RCM, London), Luce Zurita is a French London-based flautist and a musicology researcher.

Mozart illuminé par la Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris