Prom 8: OAE forces thrill in Handel's Judas Maccabaeus

Por James Potter, 23 julio 2012

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Albert Hall, Londres el 19 julio 2012

Handel, Judas Maccabaeus

John Mark Ainsley, Judas Maccabaeus

Rosemary Joshua, Jewish Woman

Christine Rice, Jewish Man

Tim Mead, Jewish Priest

Choir of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Laurence Cummings, Dirección musical

Alastair Miles, Simon

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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.

****1

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.

***11

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.

****1

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.

*****

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.

****1

Brandstrup Breaking Bach with the OAE at EIF

Kathy Elgin, 20th August

Kim Brandstrup choreographs Bach favourites based on hip hop and street dance. Lie back on the bean bags at Usher Hall and enjoy...

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James Potter

James Potter is a musician and writer based in Oxford, with a diverse portfolio of work including singing, playing, editing, transcribing, and writing about music. He enjoys a wide variety of styles, with an especial interest in early music performance, and blogs on the interactions of music and video games here.