Freiburg Baroque brings the Thames to Klosters

Javier Zafra and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Francesco Corti and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Gottfried von der Goltz

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

By Mark Pullinger, 01 August 2022

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“simply one of the most polished period instrument ensembles in the world”

Reviewed at Arena Klosters, Klosters on 31 July 2022

Handel, Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348

Bach, Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in D minor, BWV1052

Rameau, Pièces de clavecin: Les Barricades mystérieuses

Vivaldi, Bassoon Concerto in E flat major, RV 483

Geminiani, Concerto Grosso in D minor "La Follia", Op.5 no.12

Handel, Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349

Javier Zafra, Bassoon

Francesco Corti, Piano

Gottfried von der Goltz, Violin, Conductor

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Highly polished Mozart from Freiburg Baroque in Melbourne

Sandra Bowdler, 26th March

Melbourne-born soprano Sioghan Stagg returns for a one night stand with Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra as part of their Australian tour.

****1

Dionysian and Apollonian: René Jacobs conducts L'Orfeo in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 18th February

In a concert performance at the Berlin Philharmonie, conductor René Jacobs gives his own – thrilling – take on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.

*****

Light and shadows in Rattle and Sellars' Médée at Staatsoper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th November

Reuniting two old friends and collaborators, the Staatsoper Berlin presents a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée, with mixed results.

***11

Excellent revival of Claus Guth's Saul at Theater an der Wien

George Jahn, 20th April

“How Excellent.” The first words sung in Handel’s Saul are in praise of God and were first uttered in a performance nearly three centuries ago. But they apply equally to Claus Guth’s interpretation of the work staged by Theater an der Wien.

*****

Aquatic favourites from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Zenaida des Aubris, 5th April

Maurice Steger makes his debut with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in a concert of Baroque favourites.

*****

Jacobs’ plausible pleading on behalf of Leonore

Edward Sava-Segal, 13th September

Promoting Leonore, the original version of Beethoven's Fidelio, René Jacobs made several choices of his own, only some of them justifiable.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.