Venus Unwrapped kicks off on an uneven playing field

Por Stephen Pritchard, 11 enero 2019

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“Strozzi... a creative voice that is individual, boldly erotic and emotionally charged”

Crítica hecha desde Kings Place: Hall One, Londres el 10 enero 2019

Strozzi, Dolcissimi respiri, Silenzio nocivo

Strozzi, Bella Madre, le tre grazie a Venere

Strozzi, Lagrime mie

Strozzi, Come può, non come vuol, Pace arrabbiata, Op.1

Strozzi, Che dolce udire, Canto di bella bocca

Monteverdi, Eighth Book of Madrigals (Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi) (excerpts)

Monteverdi, Il ballo delle ingrate

Mary Bevan, Soprano

Choir of the Age of Enlightenment

Christian Curnyn, Dirección

Miriam Allan, Soprano

Zoë Brookshaw, Soprano

Helen Charlston, Mezzosoprano

Martha McLorinan, Mezzosoprano

John Bowen, Tenor

Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor

Jonathan Brown, Bajo

David Shipley, Bajo

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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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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.

****1

Brandstrup Breaking Bach with the OAE at EIF

Kathy Elgin, 20th August

Kim Brandstrup choreographs Bach favourites based on hip hop and street dance. Lie back on the bean bags at Usher Hall and enjoy...

****1

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Stephen Pritchard

Stephen Pritchard began singing as a treble at the age of eight and progressed to become a tenor in Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, the Gibbons Consort and now the English Chamber Choir. Writing about music has been at the core of his 40-year career in journalism, chiefly at the Observer. He has been known to play a pretty mean jazz double bass.