Fabulous season opener from Iestyn Davies

Von Jack Johnson, 16 September 2015

Laden, bitte warten...

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 12 September 2015

Händel, Partenope, HVW 27: Overture

Händel, Partenope HWV 27: Sento Amor con novi dardi

Händel, Partenope, HWV 27: Furibondo spira il vento

Händel, Partenope HWV 27: Ch'io parta? Sì, crudele

Veracini, Ouvertüre Nr. 6 in B-Dur

Händel, Rinaldo, HWV7: Cara sposa

Händel, Rinaldo, HWV 7: Venti turbini

Händel, Rodelinda, RWV19: Pompe vane di morte... Dove sei, amato bene?

Porpora, Sinfonia in G Major for Strings and Continuo, Op.2 no.1

Händel, Orlando, HWV31: Ah stigie larve (Mad scene)

Händel, Orlando, HWV 31: Già l'ebro mio ciglio

Händel, Orlando, HWV 31: Ma la furia

Händel, Orlando HWV 31: Vaghe pupille, non piangete

Händel, Radamisto, HWV 12: passacaglia

Händel, Orlando HWV 31:Fammi combattere

Iestyn Davies, Countertenor

The English Concert

Harry Bicket, Direktor

Ariodante konzertant in der Elbphilharmonie

David Renke, 14th May

In einer konzertanten Aufführung hat sich The English Concert unter der Leitung von Harry Bicket in der Elbphilharmonie der Händeloper gewidmet und bot mit einem Sänger-Ensemble eine rasante und gefühlsbetonte Barockoper der Spitzenklasse.

*****

A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington

Peter Quantrill, 27th June

Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.

****1

Ravishing Rodelinda: Handel al fresco at Garsington Opera

Roy Westbrook, 13th June

Ruth Knight untangles Handel's Rodelinda, directing a new staging at Garsington which features a feast of fine singing.

****1

Rameau meets The Kardashians: Platée at Garsington

David Karlin, 29th May

A superb orchestral performance from Paul Agnew and The English Concert lights up a breezy and fun staging of Rameau's ballet bouffon.

***11

Handel's Brockes Passion resurrected by The English Concert

Roy Westbrook, 27th March

The London Handel Festival offers a chance to hear rarely performed music for Passiontide, with Harry Bicket conducting the English Concert.

****1

Heavenly Bach from Iestyn Davies at the BBC Proms

Leighton Jones, 25th August

With two cantatas for solo alto bookending the Third Brandenburg Concerto, The English Concert bewitches in this late-night all Bach programme.

****1

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Jack Johnson

After completing a postgraduate degree in Music at King's College London in 2013, Jack now works in development for an arts charity based in London. Aside from regularly attending concerts, he plays piano and clarinet and enjoys singing with several choirs. Particularly passions include Bach, Prokofiev and the neglected choral works of Hummel

Fabulous season opener from Iestyn Davies and The English Concert at Wigmore Hall