Evangelical fervour: Dunedin Consort's St Matthew Passion

Par Roy Westbrook, 13 avril 2022

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“more Leipzig 1736 than Edwardian London”

Critique faite à Wigmore Hall, Londres, le 12 avril 2022

Bach, Passion selon saint Matthieu, BWV244

Dunedin Consort

Nicholas Mulroy, Ténor, Direction musicale

Stephan Loges, Baryton-basse

Fflur Wyn, Soprano

Anna Dennis, Soprano

Claudia Huckle, Contralto

Amy Lyddon, Soprano

David Lee, Ténor

William Gaunt, Basse

Claire Evans, Soprano

Julia Doyle, Soprano

Tom Kelly, Ténor

The Dunedin Consort Messiah remains a welcome seasonal speciality

David Smythe, 18th December

The Dunedin Messiah, a speciality with Baroque instruments, is given with soloists Nardus Williams, Lotte Betts-Dean, Joshua Ellicott and Dingle Yandell in Perth, directed by John Butt.

****1

Leipzig 300: Dunedin Consort explores the Thomaskantor shortlist

David Smythe, 7th February

The Dunedin Consort explores the 1723 Thomaskantor shortlist: Georg Philipp Telemann, Christoph Graupner and Johann Sebastian Bach in a programme directed by John Butt.

****1

Troubled times reflected in Songs of War I Have Seen

David Smythe, 13th October

Composed for Baroque and modern players with Gertrude Stein’s spoken text, Heiner Goebbels Songs of War I Have Seen in an intriguing performance conducted by Ellie Slorach.

***11

An especially memorable Messiah from the Dunedin Consort

David Smythe, 14th December

John Butt directs the Dunedin Consort and a top team of soloists in St Mary's Cathedral for Handel's seasonal favourite.

*****

Authenticity and enjoyment in Dunedin Consort's Acis and Galatea

David Smythe, 22nd June

Rachel Redmond is a sweet voiced Galatea in the Dunedin Consort's performance of the Cannons version of Acis and Galatea in Perth.

****1

Trials of love told vividly by the Dunedin Consort in Edinburgh

David Smythe, 25th February

John Butt and the Dunedin Consort are joined by Anna Dennis and Matthew Brook in “Trials of Love”, two Baroque cantatas illustrating the perils of infatuated love from Scarlatti and Handel.

****1

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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.

Evangelical fervour: Dunedin Consort's St Matthew Passion at Wigmore Hall