Quixotic resplendence in Mexico

By James Imam, 19 October 2016

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“Andueza, clad in dark period velvet beneath free golden curls, swayed voluptuously”

Reviewed at Templo de la Compañía, Guanajuato on 15 October 2016

de Bailly, Passacaille (La Folie): Yo soy la locura

Anonymous, Marizápalos

Anonymous, Tres niñas me dan enojos

Sanz, Folías

Hidalgo de Polanco, Crédito es de mi decoro

Anonymous, De mis tormentos enojos

Anonymous, Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor

Anonymous, ¿Quién menoscaba mis bienes?

Anonymous, Vuestra belleza

Anonymous, La ausencia

Torrente, Zarabanda del catálogo

Lully, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Sé que me muero de amor

Sanz, Canarios

Torrente, Jácara de la trena

Raquel Andueza, Soprano

Jesús Fernández Baena, Theorbo

Pierre Pitzl, Baroque Guitar

La Galanía

L'Arpeggiata in Utrecht

Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 5th September

Christina Pluhar led ensemble L'Arpeggiata in a concert of delightful sacred music from the Habsburg court chapel in Vienna.

***11

L'Arpeggiata: Inspired by the Baroque

Zerbinetta, 15th March

Though they play Baroque music, the ensemble L’Arpeggiata is more like a jazz band than a traditional orchestra. Anchored by a continuo (rhythm section?) led by artistic director and theorbist Christina Pluhar, they are joined by various other instrumentalists, singers, and even dancers, fitting each of their projects.

****1

Folies d’Espagne, suite et fin : Yo soy la locura

Beate Langenbruch, 17th January

Le Triomphe resplendissant du Siècle d’Or espagnol avec Raquel Andueza et l’Ensemble La Galanía à la Chapelle de la Trinité

*****

Mediterrane Stimmkunst

Jens Klier, 21st June

Raquel Andueza und Al Ayre Español überzeugen mit spanischen Arien von José de Torres.

****1

Folies d’Espagne, suite et fin : Yo soy la locura

Beate Langenbruch, 17th January

Le Triomphe resplendissant du Siècle d’Or espagnol avec Raquel Andueza et l’Ensemble La Galanía à la Chapelle de la Trinité

*****

Folies d’Espagne, suite et fin : Yo soy la locura

Beate Langenbruch, 17th January

Le Triomphe resplendissant du Siècle d’Or espagnol avec Raquel Andueza et l’Ensemble La Galanía à la Chapelle de la Trinité

*****

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

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