Cloudbursts and Venetian sunshine from Avi Avital

Par Mark Pullinger, 23 décembre 2018

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“The oppressive heat of the opening trembled and shimmered under Avital’s fingers”

Critique faite à Wigmore Hall, Londres, le 22 décembre 2018

Geminiani, Concerto grosso en ré mineur « La follia », Op.5 no. 12

Vivaldi, Concerto pour luth et 2 violons en ré majeur, RV 93

Vivaldi, Sinfonia for strings in G major, RV 146

Vivaldi, L'estro armonico: Concerto pour violon et cordes en la mineur, Op.3 no. 6, RV 356

Vivaldi, Concerto di Parigi VIII en ré mineur, RV 127

Vivaldi, Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425

Paisiello, Concerto for mandolin, strings and harpsichord in E flat major

Vivaldi, Les Quatre Saisons: Concerto pour violon en sol mineur « L'estate » (L'Été), Op.8 no. 2, RV 315 (trans. Avital)

Vivaldi, Recorder Concerto in C major, RV 443 (Largo, trans. Avital)

Avi Avital, Mandoline

Venice Baroque Orchestra

Patricia Petibon, reine en terre Haendélienne

Nicolas Tavernier, 14th June

La soprano a sans surprises triomphé dans un récital consacré à Haendel, entourée du Venice Baroque Orchestra.

****1

Venice Baroque Orchestra dazzles New York on a Day of Champions

Linda Holt, 10th July

The Venice Baroque Orchestra offers a fast-paced, intense array of 18th-century selections in New York City.

*****

Magdalena Kožená and the VBO at Enescu Festival

Aksel Tollåli, 3rd September

Delayed by torrential rain, the Enescu Festival's all-Handel concert took a while to get going, but was an utter delight once it did.

***11

Simply ravishing: Juditha triumphans

Dominic Lowe, 2nd November

It's not his most commonly performed work, but with a crack team of vocal (and orchestral) soloists, Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra gave a fabulous account of Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio.

****1

Italienischer Wind in Kölner Philharmonie

Huda Knobloch, 11th October

Temperamentvolle Stürme und emotionsgeladene Klänge: die Mandoline braucht sich nicht zu verstecken.

****1

Arienfeuerwerk der Extreme

Jens Klier, 4th October

Franco Fagioli zündete in Essen ein italienisches Barockfeuerwerk.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Cloudbursts and Venetian sunshine from Avi Avital and the Venice Baroque Orchestra at Wigmore Hall