Performer: Maarten Engeltjes

Despite the longueurs of the piece, this performance of Solomon was pretty much perfect. 

While the oratorio “Jephtha” is rarely performed, Joachim Krause recently conducted the Capriccio Barockorchester and some 120 singers of the Gemischte Chor Zürich to delight a Zurich audience.

In spite of superb performances from the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra and the two lead soloists, Steffani’s Niobe at the Concertgebouw offers too few inspired moments to make it truly memorable.

Ton Koopman directs the Amsterdam Baroque Chorus and Orchestra in a distinctive and personal interpretation of Handel's Messiah.

The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra summoned the spirit of the holiday season this weekend with their performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The work was originally composed for church services taking place during the Christmas season of 1734. Tonight’s performance featured the entire work, which was originally split into six sections, each intended for a different day.

Lagen die Verknüpfungen von Händels Role-Model-Revision zu Heutigem auf der Hand, geschah doch durchaus Kurioses, als bestens abgestimmtes Ensemble besondere Festlichkeit zu großer Begeisterung erklingen ließ.