Collegium Vocale Gent in Amsterdam

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 03 December 2013

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 1 December 2013

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Der Herr sprach zu meinem Herren, SWV 22

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Warum toben die Heiden, SWV 23

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Ach Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, SWV 24

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Aus der Tiefe ruf ich, Herr, zu dir, SWV 25

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen, SWV 31

Praetorius, Polyhymnia caduceatrix: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Ich freu mich des, das mir geredt ist, SWV 26

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Der Herr ist mein Hirt, SWV 33

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: An den Wassern zu Babel, SWV 37

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Ist night Ephraim mein teurer Sohn, SWV 40

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Die mit Tränen säen, SWV 42

Schütz, Psalmen Davids: Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet, SWV 44

Schütz, Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494 (Meine Seele erhebt den Herren)

Collegium Vocale Gent

Concerto Palatino

Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor

Hana Blažíková, Soprano

Dorothee Mields, Soprano

Damien Guillon, Countertenor

Thomas Hobbs, Tenor

Peter Kooij, Bass

Stephan MacLeod, Bass

The dark side of Arcadia: Collegium Vocale Gent at Musikfest Berlin

Elena Luporini, 27th August

At this year's Musikfest Berlin, the Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe perform a programme inspired by Arcadia, in what could might as well be a pastoral concept album.

****1

Philippe Herreweghe conducts an energetic Mozart Requiem in Antwerp

Edward Sava-Segal, 7th May

Despite distancing, the members of Collegium Vocale Gent filled the Queen Elisabeth Hall with an impressively cohesive sound, transparent and powerful at the same time.

****1

Herreweghe achieves purity and unity in Bach's Mass in B minor

Nahoko Gotoh, 14th June

There are multiple ways of approaching Bach's Mass in B minor, from the one-to-a-part advocated by Joshua Rifkin to a more conventional large choral approach, and everything in between.

****1

A near miss in Mozart's Requiem

Dominic Lowe, 26th August

Although Ács Ákos gave an excellent performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, Iván Fischer's innovative Requiem didn't quite work.

***11

Haydn's Creation not quite a Big Bang at Holland Festival

Nicolas Nguyen, 13th June

At the Holland Festival, the performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with film images by Julian Rosefeldt does not quite unfold as the spectacle it promises on paper.

**111

Funeral Anthem proves an inspired opener for the Oslo International Church Music Festival

Travis Mason, 4th March

A stunning performance of virtuosic ensemble singing by Collegium Vocale Gent to open the 16th Oslo International Church Music Festival

****1

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Rosemary Carlton-Willis

Rosemary Carlton-Willis is a soprano based in the Netherlands. She has one masters degree in Music (Historical Performance) from the University of York, and a second in Singing from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she studied in both the Classical and Early Music departments. She has worked for the York Early Music Festival, the National Centre for Early Music and the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall.

Power and feeling in Amsterdam with Collegium Vocale Gent