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A grande bouffe of early music at the spectacular Rundāle Palace

By Jonathan Sutherland, 11 July 2016
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Reviewed at Rundāle Palace: White Hall, Rundāle on 9 July 2016
Programme
Vivaldi, Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major, RV 93
Bach, Harpsichord Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Corrette, Musette de cour
Rameau, Les Indes galantes
Pergolesi, Violin Concerto in B flat major
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Orchestra Coin du Roi
Christian Frattima, Conductor
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Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.