Flawed and thrilling: graindelavoix in Utrecht

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 08 September 2014

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Reviewed at TivoliVredenburg: Grote Zaal, Utrecht on 6 September 2014

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Graindelavoix

Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 19th December

Vocal ensemble graindelavoix give an electrifying account of 15th century Cypriot music at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.

*****

Le feu sous cloche : Graindelavoix aux Rencontres de Vézelay

Tristan Labouret, 23rd August

Aux Rencontres musicales de Vézelay, l'ensemble Graindelavoix s'attaque à la reconstitution d'un office consacré à saint Antoine, pour un résultat d'ensemble peu convaincant.

**111

Graindelavoix dans les ténèbres : marathon Gesualdo à Royaumont

Tristan Labouret, 6th October

Au festival de Royaumont, l'ensemble Graindelavoix s'est lancé dans l'interprétation des trois cycles des Offices des ténèbres, de Carlo Gesualdo. Une performance de théâtre sacré dans un cadre exceptionnel.

****1

Text and textures in New York premieres by The Crossing at Zankel Hall

David Wolfson, 24th March

Donald Nally’s much vaunted chamber choir The Crossing give a program of three New York premieres at Zankel Hall.

****1

Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

Peter Connors, 22nd March

Viktoria Mullova is a superb soloist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, while an orchestra full of soloists play Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra with Kahchun Wong presiding.

*****

Guitars, electronics and ancient treatises: the JACK Quartet at 92NY

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th March

At 92NY, the JACK Quartet performs four new works developed in their JACK Studio, including a commissioned premiere from the electrifying Tristan Perich.

****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.

Flawed and thrilling: graindelavoix at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht