Glad tidings: Bach's Christmas Oratorio from the OAE

Masaaki Suzuki and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Masaaki Suzuki and the Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Por Roy Westbrook, 04 diciembre 2023

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“the seasonal tale asserted its charm and grip”

Crítica hecha desde Queen Elizabeth Hall, Londres el 3 diciembre 2023

Bach, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet, BWV225

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232: Sanctus

Bach, Oratorio de Navidad (Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV248

Jessica Cale, Soprano

Hugh Cutting, Contratenor

Guy Cutting, Tenor

Florian Störtz, Bajo

Choir of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Masaaki Suzuki, Dirección

Una gran sinfonía para un gran final

David Santana Cañas, 30th May

Elgar, Strauss y el Sibelius más épico son el repertorio elegido por Ibermúsica para cerrar su Serie Barbieri de la mano de Thierry Fischer.

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Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

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Mixed Mozart from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Dominic Lowe, 26th February

A Mozart's of symphonies – his last – under conductor Robin Ticciati is capped with a fine Jupiter, but is let down by the performances of its two predecessors.

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Haydn pur: Sir András Schiff mit dem OAE in Dortmund

Jens Klier, 19th November

Die Melange aus bestimmter Lässigkeit und zwinkernder Süffisanz ließ bei neuerlichem Haydn dieser geistreichen Londoner Künstlergemeinschaft wieder kaum redensartliches Auge trocken.

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John Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon

Roy Westbrook, 12th October

The Queen of Sheba is clearly in a hurry in this account of Handel's oratorio at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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Enescu Festival immersion: Bach on the street, Klimt in the forest

Peter Quantrill, 11th September

At the George Enescu International Festival, a pair of new shows crossing genres and reinventing the classics, with mostly enlightening results.

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.