Valletta Festival: Messiah

Por Anthony Hart, 14 enero 2014

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Crítica hecha desde Ta' Ġieżu Church, Valletta el 10 enero 2014

Handel, El Mesías

Goldberg Ensemble

Anon Ensemble

Michael Laus, Dirección

Gillian Zammit, Soprano

Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor

Clare Massa, Mezzosoprano

Albert Buttigieg, Bajo

Bach's St John’s Passion an impressive festival opener in Valletta

David Smythe, 11th January

The St John Passion with period instruments is a huge undertaking, but this performance marks a strong start to this year’s Valetta Baroque Festival.

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Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit der Nederlandse Bachvereniging

Jens Klier, 26th March

Natürlich mit immer weiter greifender Erfahrung vollbringt Suzuki bei seiner NBV-Rückkehr das ihn auszeichnende Kunststück, schlafwandlerisch-laseroptische Sorgfalt mit eindringlich akzentuierter sowie musikalisch fließender, botschaftspflichtiger und enthusiastischer Hingabe zu koppeln.

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Montag aus Licht entre cérémonie et magie à la Philharmonie

Chloë Rouge, 29th November

Le Balcon, Maxime Pascal et un effectif pléthorique (notamment de chœurs d'enfants) sont à applaudir sans réserve pour la réalisation musicale de ce nouvel opus du cycle monumental de Stockhausen.

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Strong team for a Good Friday St John Passion

Roy Westbrook, 18th April

The greatest music of the 18th century – no arguments, please – is given a fine reading at London's Barbican.

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Bach to basics: The AAM performs the St Matthew Passion

Roy Westbrook, 29th March

A claim was made not to authenticity, but merely to “a chance to hear the work anew”.

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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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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.

Handel's Messiah opens the Valletta Festival in Malta