Valletta International Baroque Festival: Mass in B minor

Por Anthony Hart, 20 enero 2014

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Crítica hecha desde Ta' Ġieżu Church, Valletta el 13 enero 2014

Bach, Misa en si menor, BWV232

The English Concert

English Concert y Bicket presentan Rinaldo

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 11th March

El tono solemne representado en el ritmo majestuoso de los primeros compases ya prefiguró el carácter del héroe, y en la consiguiente fuga tan claramente articulada se anunció un cierto color festivo que anunciaba un conflicto que, a la postre, habría de resolverse felizmente.

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A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington

Peter Quantrill, 27th June

Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.

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Ravishing Rodelinda: Handel al fresco at Garsington Opera

Roy Westbrook, 13th June

Ruth Knight untangles Handel's Rodelinda, directing a new staging at Garsington which features a feast of fine singing.

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Rameau meets The Kardashians: Platée at Garsington

David Karlin, 29th May

A superb orchestral performance from Paul Agnew and The English Concert lights up a breezy and fun staging of Rameau's ballet bouffon.

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Handel's Brockes Passion resurrected by The English Concert

Roy Westbrook, 27th March

The London Handel Festival offers a chance to hear rarely performed music for Passiontide, with Harry Bicket conducting the English Concert.

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Heavenly Bach from Iestyn Davies at the BBC Proms

Leighton Jones, 25th August

With two cantatas for solo alto bookending the Third Brandenburg Concerto, The English Concert bewitches in this late-night all Bach programme.

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Anthony Hart

Anthony Hart, born in the UK, now lives in Malta. He was presented papers for Società Italiana di Musicologia and the International Musicological Society. He a Licentiate of the London College of Music. He has had papers published in Early Music, Studi Musicali and Fonti Musicali Italiane.

The English Concert bring an amazing B minor Mass to Malta