Schiff's Mendelssohn series with the OAE continues

Sir András Schiff conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sir András Schiff

Por Roy Westbrook, 26 abril 2024

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“the whole OAE sound glowed during the Adagio”

Crítica hecha desde Queen Elizabeth Hall, Londres el 25 abril 2024

Mendelssohn, Sinfonía núm. 5 en re mayor, "Reforma", Op.107

Mendelssohn, Concierto para piano núm. 2 en re menor, Op.40

Mendelssohn, Variations Sérieuses in D Minor, Op.54

Mendelssohn, Sinfonía núm. 3 en la menor, "Escocesa", Op.56

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sir András Schiff, Fortepiano, Dirección musical

Una gran sinfonía para un gran final

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.

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Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Sir András Schiff's Mendelssohn series with the OAE continues with Symphonies 3 and 5