Il giardino armonico’s bouquet of Baroque bonbons causes a sensation in Wrocław

By Jonathan Sutherland, 12 September 2017

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“the Milanese maestro was sometimes Pan, sometimes Puck”

Reviewed at White Stork Synagogue, Wrocław on 10 September 2017

Works by Mainerio

Works by van Ghizeghem

Works by des Prez

Works by Castello

Works by Gabrieli

Works by de Macque

Works by Gombert

Works by Zanetti

Works by Merula

Works by Preston

Works by Grossi da Viadana

Works by Gesualdo

Works by Scheidt

Works by del Buono

Works by Agricola

Giovanni Antonini, Conductor

Il Giardino Armonico

Taking risks that pay off at the Enescu Festival

Peter Quantrill, 13th September

The Giocoso’s Enescu and Il Giardino Armonico’s Beethoven bookend an exhilarating day of rarities and classics.

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Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico at Sommets Musicaux

David Karlin, 1st February

Giovanni Antonini leads Il Giardino Armonico through a sampler of Vivaldi's L'estro armonico, with a stellar Isabelle Faust leading the soloists.

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Spirited Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 11th December

Isabelle Faust, Giovanni Antonini and the Italian period instrument ensemble Il Giardino Armonico gather again for Mozart's complete Violin Concertos.

*****

Pre-Baroque rarity for a grand season opening at Theater an der Wien

Laura Servidei, 19th September

A superlative cast led by Annett Fritsch and Cyril Auvity dazzle in Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s “musical drama” in a brilliant production by Robert Carsen.

*****

Modern Queens: Anna Prohaska at the Proms

Kevin W Ng, 2nd August

Anna Prohaska reigns supreme in programme of Cleopatra and Dido-inspired Baroque arias in her late night Prom.

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Anna Prohaska: pure and precise

Jenny Camilleri, 27th September

Themed around legendary African queens Dido and Cleopatra, Prohaska’s recital with the virtuosi of Il Giardino Armonico could serve as a template for the ideal Baroque programme.

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Jonathan Sutherland

Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.