Mélancolie à l’anglaise à Cortot : Zachary Wilder chante Dowland

By Philippe Ramin, 19 November 2021

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“on retient son souffle devant la perfection de ce travail de chambristes”

Reviewed at Salle Cortot, Paris on 17 November 2021

Dowland, Lachrymae

Dowland, Songs

Zachary Wilder, Tenor

Ensemble La Chimera

Eduardo Egüez, Lute

Evil triumphs beautifully in Monteverdi 450 Poppea

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 29th July

The final opera in Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi 450 trilogy features an excellent cast and inspires deep emotion.

****1

Monteverdi 450's Ulisse docks in Salzburg

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 28th July

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, the second opera of the Monteverdi 450 trilogy being toured by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, had a strong performance in Salzburg.

***11

Rutter celebrates his 70th birthday in St Paul’s

Kathryn Wareham, 5th November

Positioned at the heart of St Paul’s Cathedral, Rutter took to the stage to perform a sold out concert dedicated to his life as a composer.

***11

Collegium Vocale Gent performs divine St John Passion in Madrid

Laura Furones, 29th March

The Collegium Vocale Gent, in the hands of Philippe Herreweghe, came and conquered Madrid with a memorable performance of Bach's St John Passion.

*****

Delicious downtime with the Duchess: La descente d’Orphée aux enfers with the Early Opera Company

Charlotte Valori, 17th June

Closing your eyes while listening, you could easily imagine yourself in a gilt-edged salon, with Her Highness Mademoiselle Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise, peer of France, princess of Joinville, hereditary seneschal of Champagne herself sitting not far from you, enjoying and approving every lovely note.

****1

Le Jardin des Voix: blooming talent in the garden of Rameau at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw

Nicolas Nguyen, 26th October

In a city where period-instrument concerts are legion, performances by William Christie and his excellent ensemble Les Arts Florissants remain very special events, if only because their original programming brings a breath of fresh air in a country where, still too often, baroque music isn’t taken very seriously if it isn’t Bach.

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Philippe Ramin

Claveciniste formé auprès de Béatrice Berstel et Christophe Rousset à Paris et de Jesper Christensen à la Schola Cantorum de Bâle, Philippe Ramin a été accompagnateur au Centre de Musique Ancienne de Tours et au Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, tout en jouant avec diverses formations de la scène baroque : « l’Eclat des Muses », l’ensemble « XVIII-21 le Baroque Nomade » ainsi que la Maîtrise de Radio France avec Sofi Jeannin. Critique musical à Répertoire puis à Diapason depuis 2000, il enseigne actuellement le clavecin, la basse continue et la musique de chambre au Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental d’Évry.