Mozart playing of great fun and distinction

Von Peter Marks, 31 Januar 2015

Laden, bitte warten...

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“Levin... would thrust and parry with his bare fists, draw phrases in the air”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, am 29 Januar 2015

Mozart, Die Hochzeit des Figaro, KV492: Ouvertüre

Mozart, Klavierkonzert Nr. 24 in c-Moll, KV491

Mozart, Klavierkonzert Nr. 25 in C-Dur, KV503

Mozart, Symphonie Nr. 35 in D-Dur, "Haffner", KV385

Academy of Ancient Music

Robert Levin, Klavier

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.

****1

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.

****1

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Peter Marks

Peter is founder and music director of Eroica Camerata, a Birmingham-based chamber orchestra. He is also a health professional by day.

Mozart playing of great fun and distinction from Robert Levin and the Academy of Ancient Music