Barocke Großmeister im feinsinnigen Gewand

By Simon Haasis, 26 February 2016

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 21 February 2016

Telemann, Overture in F for 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon & strings, TWV 55:F3

Telemann, Ich weiss dass mein Erlöser lebt, TWV 1:877

Telemann, So stehet ein Berg Gottes from Der Tod Jesu

Handel, Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op.6 no.3, HWV 321

Handel, Ariodante, HWV33: Scherza infida

Handel, Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Love sounds the alarm

Handel, Silete venti, HWV 242

Handel, Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Ian Bostridge, Tenor

Steven Devine, Harpsichord, Director

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

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.

***11

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

A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Dominic Lowe, 29th June

Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

****1

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Simon Haasis

Simon Haasis ist Musik- und Kulturwissenschaftler, der in Wien lebt und arbeitet. Auf der Zielgerade zu seiner Dissertation befindlich, macht er das Wiener Konzert- und Opernleben unsicher, indem er stets auf der Suche nach ausgewählten Raritäten von der Renaissancemusik bis zur neuesten Avantgarde ist. Besonders angetan hat es ihm das Musiktheater in seinen vielfältigen Ausdrucksformen. Neben publizistischer und vortragender Tätigkeit lehrt er derzeit an der Universität Wien zur französischen Operngeschichte.

Barocke Großmeister im (zu) feinsinnigen Gewand: Ian Bostridge und das Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment