L’Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment au Southbank centre

By Nicolas Schotter, 16 February 2016

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“no sudden movements, everything is in the curve, in the flex”

Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 14 February 2016

Haydn, Symphony no. 83 in G minor "The Hen"

Mozart, Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K299 (K297c)

Chevalier de Saint-George, L'Amant anonyme (Overture)

Beethoven, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.36

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor

Lisa Beznosiuk, Flute

Frances Kelly, Harp

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

Mixed Mozart from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Dominic Lowe, 26th February

A Mozart's of symphonies – his last – under conductor Robin Ticciati is capped with a fine Jupiter, but is let down by the performances of its two predecessors.

***11

John Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon

Roy Westbrook, 12th October

The Queen of Sheba is clearly in a hurry in this account of Handel's oratorio at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

*****

Enescu Festival immersion: Bach on the street, Klimt in the forest

Peter Quantrill, 11th September

At the George Enescu International Festival, a pair of new shows crossing genres and reinventing the classics, with mostly enlightening results.

****1

Brandstrup Breaking Bach with the OAE at EIF

Kathy Elgin, 20th August

Kim Brandstrup choreographs Bach favourites based on hip hop and street dance. Lie back on the bean bags at Usher Hall and enjoy...

****1

A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Dominic Lowe, 29th June

Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

****1

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Nicolas Schotter

Ancien élève du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris dans les classes d'Histoire de la musique et d'Esthétique, Nicolas Schotter est ancien éditeur de la version francophone du site Bachtrack. Il continue par ailleurs ses recherches musicologiques sur l'évolution des pratiques musicales liturgiques au XXe siècle.

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