The King's Consort delights Dutch audience with works from Henry Purcell's English court

Por Kristen Huebner, 29 abril 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht el 25 abril 2013

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas

Purcell, Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?, Z343

The King's Consort

Choir of The King's Consort

Robert King, Dirección

Carolyn Sampson, Soprano

Roderick Williams, Barítono

Rebecca Outram, Soprano

Julie Cooper, Soprano

Robin Blaze, Contratenor

Charles Daniels, Tenor

The King’s Consort ofrece un Mesías moderado en el Auditorio

Ramón del Buey Cañas, 17th December

El planteamiento y la ejecución de Robert King fueron los de un Mesías con las virtudes y los defectos de lo domesticado.

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Homenaje a Shakepeare

Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán, 2nd February

The King's Consort realizan un viaje por el siglo XVII inglés, con música escrita en torno a las obras de Shakespeare.

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Festkonzert with Carolyn Sampson: Handel's Heroines

Sandra Bowdler, 13th June

Carolyn Sampson returns joyfully to the Halle Handel Festival, accompanied by trumpeter Neil Brough and the King's Consort under Robert King.

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Messias mit dem King's Consort in Essen

Jens Klier, 18th December

Eine etwas zu besinnliche Messias-Tradition verhindert ein spannenderes, abwechslungsreicheres Erlebnis, das aber vom Ensemble hervorragend musiziert wurde.

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Fitting Handel like a glove

Travis Mason, 14th January

Iestyn Davies and The King's Consort a real highlight at the Valletta International Baroque Festival.

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An Acis and Galatea without sparkle in Versailles

Vesna Gerintes, 28th June

Handel’s original version of Acis and Galatea was written in 1717–18 at Cannons, a stately home in Middlesex. Composed with light orchestration, it was not meant to be performed in an opera theatre, but rather in this private mansion.

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Kristen Huebner

Originally from the USA, Kristen Huebner now bases her musical life in the Netherlands and Europe. She currently tours with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir under the direction of Ton Koopman and has collaborated alongside members of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Frans Brüggen. Her work with the Paris-based Ensemble Diderot, has led to numerous appearances at festivals such as Musikfest Erzgebirge and the Bach Biennale Weimar. Kristen’s research on Empfindsamkeit in the chamber music of C.P.E. Bach has been adapted into an article for Music & Practice, published in 2015. Kristen joined the teaching team at the 2022 Zomer Academie Zutphen, where she led the traverso masterclass.