Proms Saturday Matinee 1: The Academy of Ancient Music and Sophie Bevan in Rome, 1707

Von Paul Kilbey, 22 Juli 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Cadogan Hall, London, am 20 Juli 2013

Pasquini, Other

Corelli, Concerto grosso in D-Dur, Op.6 Nr.1

Händel, Pensieri notturni di Filli | Nel dolce dell'oblio, HWV 134

Valentini, Concerto grosso in A major for four violins, Op.7 no.1

Händel, Il consiglio, HWV 170: Tra le fiamme

Corelli, Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6 no.12

Sophie Bevan, Sopran

Academy of Ancient Music

Richard Egarr, Direktor, Cembalo

Suonare è danzare: Barocke Partnerwahl bei der AAM

Jens Klier, 12th February

Vor allem bei Händel hatten sich neue und alte Partner und Freunde gefunden, die in ihren Tanzschritten die momentane Schwere vergessen machten.

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Cummings and the AAM win ‘Leipzig's Got Talent’

Nick Boston, 16th April

The Academy of Ancient Music poses the question what might have been in Leipzig with stunning performances of Bach and his competitors to be the new Thomaskantor.

*****

Freudian slip: Handel’s Tamerlano recast as Trumpian tantrums

Mark Pullinger, 26th March

Opha Phelan’s staging presents the action as a grand, Freudian social experiment. It’s a risk – but the production is lifted by outstanding performances from the cast and the Academy of Ancient Music.

***11

Ed Lyon excels in Monteverdi’s Songs of Love and War

Stephen Pritchard, 12th February

Tenor Ed Lyon fulfils a long-held ambition to sing Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals, conducted by his former teacher, Laurence Cummings at Milton Court.

*****

Strong team for a Good Friday St John Passion

Roy Westbrook, 18th April

The greatest music of the 18th century – no arguments, please – is given a fine reading at London's Barbican.

****1

Academy of Ancient Music delivers a majestic Messiah

Charlotte Gardner, 16th December

Laurence Cummings and the AAM serve up Messiah-shaped serenity at the Barbican.

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.