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Mixed Bach: Bach Reconstructed from The Academy of Ancient Music

By Charlotte Valori, 11 April 2017
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Reviewed at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge on 5 April 2017
Programme
Bach, Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV1068
Bach, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats - Cantata, BWV42
Bach, Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen - Cantata, BWV49
Bach, Missa in G minor, BWV235
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Academy of Ancient Music
Robert Howarth, Conductor
Mary Bevan, Soprano
Reginald Mobley, Countertenor
Samuel Boden, Tenor
Matthew Brook, Bass-baritone
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.