Prom 48: Periodically sublime late night Bach

Von Alex Tay, 23 August 2015

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“Sophie Bevan sang with supreme serenity and control”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 21 August 2015

Bach, Missa in G minor, BWV235

Bach, Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 in F-Dur, BWV1047

Bach, Magnificat in D-Dur, BWV243

Sophie Bevan, Sopran

Rebecca Evans, Sopran

Iestyn Davies, Countertenor

Nicky Spence, Tenor

Roderick Williams, Bariton

BBC Singers

Academy of Ancient Music

David Hill, Musikalische Leitung

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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Alex Tay

Alex Tay is a recent graduate from King's College, Cambridge, where he studied Music. He is an enthusiastic composer, violinist and has strong interests in arts administration. He has had works performed in venues such as West Road Concert Hall, Kings College Chapel and the Royal Albert Hall. Last year Alex held the position of Cambridge University Music Society Joint-Composer-in-Residence which culminated in a commission for the Harrison Birtwistle Secret Theatres Festival. More recently Alex has been announced winner of the Britten Sinfonia Cambridge Composition Workshop. Next year Alex will be studying an Mphil in composition at Churchill College Cambridge.