Handel's Messiah overpowered by massed forces at the Proms

Messiah at the BBC Proms Choral Day

Helen Charlston

John Butt conducts Messiah

Por Nick Boston, 10 septiembre 2024

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“when Mozart got out of the way and left things to strings alone... Charlston shone”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Albert Hall, Londres el 7 septiembre 2024

Handel, El Mesías (arr. Mozart, sung in English)

Nardus Williams, Soprano

Helen Charlston, Mezzosoprano

Benjamin Hulett, Tenor

Ashley Riches, Bajo

The Fourth Choir

Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

LYC Chamber Choir

Bath Minerva Choir

Philharmonia Chorus

Voices of the River's Edge

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

John Butt, Dirección

Impecable visita de la Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 6th February

Un programa salpicado de muy diversos caracteres terminó con una interpretación sobresaliente de Noche transfigurada de Schönberg por parte de la Academy of St Martin in the Fields y Julia Fischer.

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Joshua Bell and the ASMF thrill in Schumann and Brahms

Mark Valencia, 20th January

At Cadogan Hall, Bell’s account of Robert Schumann’s Spring Symphony is as sunny an interpretation as you’re likely to hear.

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A snowbound evening with Joshua Bell: comfort and unease in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 8th January

Amid snowbound Hamburg, Joshua Bell leads the Academy of St Martin in the Fields with warmth and lyricism, though Brahms’ concerto reveals limits, while Schumann’s symphony fully blossoms.

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Highly individual Mozart from Buniatishvili

Nick Boston, 9th December

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields give exciting performances at the Barbican, with idiosyncratic Mozart from Buniatishvili.

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Depth and delivery: Joshua Bell and the ASMF in San Francisco

Lois Silverstein, 7th April

On a tour of the United States, Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields perform Mendelssohn, Schumann and Vince Mendoza in Davies Symphony Hall.

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Mozart and Beethoven from the ASMF and Bell in Sydney mini-residency

Zoltán Szabó, 8th October

Sydney revels in Joshua Bell's masterful violin playing and leadership of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on their Australian tour.

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Handel's Messiah overpowered by massed forces to close the Proms Choral Day