The Bach Players give moving tribute to Gustav Leonhardt

By Nahoko Gotoh, 23 April 2012

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Reviewed at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London on 19 April 2012

Pachelbel, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

Purcell, Airs and Dances

Bach, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan - Cantata, BWV99

The Bach Players

Nicholas Anderson, Spoken word

Mark Deller, Spoken word

Rachel Elliott, Soprano

Sally Bruce-Payne, Mezzo-soprano

James Gilchrist, Tenor

Matthew Brook, Bass-baritone

Highlighting the music of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

Nahoko Gotoh, 17th May

It has been a good year for the revival of the music of French Baroque composer Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.

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Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

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The power of words: Mendelssohn’s Elijah closes the Three Choirs

Simon Cummings, 2nd August

The closing concert of this year’s Three Choirs Festival in Hereford delivers a dramatic account of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, showcasing the power of bass-baritone Matthew Brook.

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Academy of Ancient Music are inspired in Handel's Orlando

Roy Westbrook, 30th June

“A concert performance with neither scenery nor action would be a sacrilege,” wrote one authority of this opera. Nobody told the Academy of Ancient Music...

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Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

An unlikely pairing opens Grange Park Opera's season, the two works united by the dominant central character of each opera – Sir Bryn Terfel.

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Leipzig 300: Dunedin Consort explores the Thomaskantor shortlist

David Smythe, 7th February

The Dunedin Consort explores the 1723 Thomaskantor shortlist: Georg Philipp Telemann, Christoph Graupner and Johann Sebastian Bach in a programme directed by John Butt.

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.