From Bach to Buxtehude: Oude Muziek Festival bridges the generation gap

By Kristen Huebner, 11 September 2012

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Reviewed at Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht on 2 September 2012

Works by Bach

Works by Buxtehude

Collegium Vocale Gent

Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent

Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor

Not another Messiah: Herreweghe's Christmas Oratorio in NYC

David Allen, 15th December

The Christmas Oratorio is an odd work to perform in concert, but it makes a welcome change from the obligatory annual Messiah. Bach’s piece contains six separate cantatas that tell the traditional Nativity narrative, all subsumed under the broader theme.

***11

Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent: St. Matthew Passion at the Lincoln Center

Stephen Raskauskas, 31st March

On Saturday, Philippe Herreweghe conducted the season’s most solemn yet spectacular oratorio concert in New York – a performance of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Scored for two choirs, two orchestras, and soloists, this almost operatic depiction of Christ’s Passion was performed by Herreweghe’s Collegium Vocale Gent Choir and Orchestra.

****1

Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit Herreweghe in Zürich

Thomas Schacher, 4th April

Chor und Orchester des Collegium Vocale Gent und ihr charismatischer Leiter Philippe Herreweghe, längst Legenden der historischen Aufführungspraxis, beweisen, dass die Doppelchörigkeit der Matthäus-Passion nicht nur ein Stereo-Phänomen ist.

****1

Herrewegue dirige una excepcional Pasión según san Mateo

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 31st March

Philippe Herreweghe ofreció una versión de la Pasión según san Mateo al frente del coro y la orquesta Collegium Vocale Gent de notable factura, emocionante y extremadamente expresiva.

****1

Alles wieder am rechten Platz: Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit Herreweghe

Jens Klier, 6th April

Eine Nachfeier CVGs 50. Jubiläums mit perfektionslüsternder Vertrautheit und Geborgenheit der Stimmen in Anbetracht werklicher Durchdringung, prächtiger Berichtspflicht und Menschlichmachung.

*****

Leben und Lernen mit Bach: Collegium Vocale Gents Gruß aus Belgien

Jens Klier, 4th February

Das CVG und seine Solisten geben unter Herreweghe mit der Kraft der Musik und Worte den intentionsgetreuen Sinn, der ernste Sorgen beiseiteschiebt.

****1

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Kristen Huebner

Originally from the USA, Kristen Huebner now bases her musical life in the Netherlands and Europe. She currently tours with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir under the direction of Ton Koopman and has collaborated alongside members of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Frans Brüggen. Her work with the Paris-based Ensemble Diderot, has led to numerous appearances at festivals such as Musikfest Erzgebirge and the Bach Biennale Weimar. Kristen’s research on Empfindsamkeit in the chamber music of C.P.E. Bach has been adapted into an article for Music & Practice, published in 2015. Kristen joined the teaching team at the 2022 Zomer Academie Zutphen, where she led the traverso masterclass.