Effervescent Italian Baroque from the Academy of Ancient Music

Von Jenny Camilleri, 15 April 2021

Laden, bitte warten...

“Helen Charlston sang them – no, lived them – with poignant intensity”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, am 14 April 2021

Strozzi, L'Eraclito amoroso

Strozzi, Lagrime mie

Monteverdi, Ed è pur dunque vero

Monteverdi, Si dolce è'l tormento, SV332

Castello, Sonate concertante in stil moderno, Libro Secondo (selections)

Helen Charlston, Mezzosopran

Academy of Ancient Music

Bojan Čičić, Violine

Steven Devine, 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.

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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.

*****

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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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.