The Academy of Ancient Music play The Four Seasons in Hong Kong

Von Alan Yu, 25 Juni 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Hong Kong City Hall: Concert Hall, Hong Kong, am 23 Juni 2013

Vivaldi, The Vier Jahreszeiten, Op.8 Nr. 1-4

Purcell, The Fairy Queen Z 629: Arias (and dances)

Händel, The Triumph of Time and Truth, HWV 71: Like clouds, stormy winds them impelling

Händel, Ezio, HWV 29: Finche d'un Zeffiro Soave

Händel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Da tempeste

Academy of Ancient Music

Pavlo Beznosiuk, Direktor, Violine

Elin Manahan Thomas, Sopran

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Alan Yu

The first concert Alan attended was Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. For 7 years he presented classical music programmes for Radio Television Hong Kong, partly to pay his way through university. He attends concerts whenever he can and believes there is no substitute for the thrill of live performances. He writes here.