Evangelical fervour: Dunedin Consort's St Matthew Passion

Por Roy Westbrook, 13 abril 2022

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“more Leipzig 1736 than Edwardian London”

Crítica hecha desde Wigmore Hall, Londres el 12 abril 2022

Bach, Pasión según San Mateo, BWV244

Dunedin Consort

Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor, Dirección musical

Stephan Loges, Bajo-barítono

Fflur Wyn, Soprano

Anna Dennis, Soprano

Claudia Huckle, Contralto

Amy Lyddon, Soprano

David Lee, Tenor

William Gaunt, Bajo

Claire Evans, Soprano

Julia Doyle, Soprano

Tom Kelly, Tenor

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La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid rinde homenaje a Francisco Tomás y Valiente con un programa integrado por los seis conciertos de Brandeburgo de Bach capitaneados por la dirección y el clave de John Butt.

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David Smythe, 18th December

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The Dunedin Consort explores the 1723 Thomaskantor shortlist: Georg Philipp Telemann, Christoph Graupner and Johann Sebastian Bach in a programme directed by John Butt.

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Composed for Baroque and modern players with Gertrude Stein’s spoken text, Heiner Goebbels Songs of War I Have Seen in an intriguing performance conducted by Ellie Slorach.

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An especially memorable Messiah from the Dunedin Consort

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John Butt directs the Dunedin Consort and a top team of soloists in St Mary's Cathedral for Handel's seasonal favourite.

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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.

Evangelical fervour: Dunedin Consort's St Matthew Passion at Wigmore Hall