Fresh and youthful Bach from the Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415

By David Smythe, 06 June 2024

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“Hill’s direction was masterful, guiding his young musicians through this extraordinary piece”

Reviewed at Perth Concert Hall, Perth on 5 June 2024

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232

Juilet Ariadne Papadopoulos, Soprano

Sandy Sharis, Mezzo-soprano

Michaël Hudetz, Tenor

Jared Swope, Baritone

Yale Schola Cantorum

Juilliard415

David Hill, Conductor

Juilliard 415 excels in French and Italian Baroque in Auckland

Simon Holden, 28th February

In each brief and catchy excerpt, the ensemble played with infectious vitality and admirable precision.

****1

Dynamic start to Juilliard415's New Zealand tour

Simon Holden, 26th May

On the basis of this concert, the graduate ensemble Juilliard415 (named after the standard Baroque pitch of 415 Hz) is already of extremely high quality indeed, technically proficient and highly in-tune with Baroque style.

****1

A magnificent Sea Symphony from the Bach Choir

David Truslove, 17th November

A memorable evening of superb music-making at the Royal Festival Hall, illuminating two well-known Vaughan Williams scores and shining a light on a seldom performed rarity.

*****

Coleridge-Taylor shines at the Three Choirs Festival

Simon Cummings, 27th July

The world premiere of Gabriel Jackson’s ambitious but inert The World Imagined and a complacent Enigma Variations are outclassed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s gorgeous Solemn Prelude at Worcester Cathedral.

**111

Sunny Brahms, but musical tensions minimised in Bournemouth

Edward Sava-Segal, 10th March

David Hill conducted the orchestra in a programme under the heading "Love Lost and Found".

***11

BSO is back with a bang in a gold-plated season opener

Mark Thomas, 30th September

David Hill took the helm as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra opened its account with arrangements of Bach and Mahler, an Ives masterpiece and an ebullient Beethoven 7.

****1

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David Smythe

David the farmer was drawn into music through choirs, orchestras, taking part in and directing 'serious' opera as a student. Passionate about live classical music, particularly chamber opera, unusual pieces and events and giving the next generation the tools to engage with the classical world.