Bach to basics at Bachfest Leipzig

Por Sam Johnstone, 14 junio 2017

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“impassioned strings, mellifluous wind and buoyant continuo”

Crítica hecha desde Nikolaikirche, Leipzig el 11 junio 2017

Buxtehude, Mit Fried und Freud und ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 76

Bach, Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir - Cantata, BWV38

Bach, Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit - chorale, BWV257

Bach, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin - Cantata, BWV125

Bach, Christ lag in Todesbanden - Cantata, BWV4

Joanne Lunn, Soprano

Emilie Renard, Mezzosoprano

Thomas Hobbs, Tenor

Matthew Brook, Bajo-barítono

Dunedin Consort

John Butt, Dirección musical, Clave

MDR Sinfonieorchester

Kristjan Järvi, Dirección

Dominante

Kammerchor der Stadt Leipzig

Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig

Daniel Reuss, Dirección

Los Conciertos de Brandeburgo en el Homenaje a Tomás y Valiente

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 1st February

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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The Dunedin Consort Messiah remains a welcome seasonal speciality

David Smythe, 18th December

The Dunedin Messiah, a speciality with Baroque instruments, is given with soloists Nardus Williams, Lotte Betts-Dean, Joshua Ellicott and Dingle Yandell in Perth, directed by John Butt.

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Leipzig 300: Dunedin Consort explores the Thomaskantor shortlist

David Smythe, 7th February

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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Troubled times reflected in Songs of War I Have Seen

David Smythe, 13th October

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

David Smythe, 14th December

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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Authenticity and enjoyment in Dunedin Consort's Acis and Galatea

David Smythe, 22nd June

Rachel Redmond is a sweet voiced Galatea in the Dunedin Consort's performance of the Cannons version of Acis and Galatea in Perth.

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Sam Johnstone

Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone