Take Me to Church: Tiefsinn at the Davos Festival

By Sarah Batschelet, 06 August 2020

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“a compelling mosaic of resonating sounds”

Reviewed at Kirche St Johann, Davos on 5 August 2020

Haas, Saxophone Quartet

Bach, Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn - Cantata, BWV92

Franke, On the dignity of man

Streich, Minerva

Telemann, Ouverture in B minor, TWV 55:h1

Bach, Auf, auf, mein Herz, und du mein ganzer Sinn - chorale, BWV268

Alex Jellici, Cello

Antonia Frey, Contralto

Daniel Pérez, Bass

Larissa Bretscher, Soprano

Zacharie Fogal, Tenor

SIBJA Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone ensemble

Davos Festival Kammerchor

Andreas Felber, Choirmaster / chorus director

Cardinal Complex

Matías Lanz, Harpsichord

Spectacular views and musical serenades at the Davos Festival

Sarah Batschelet, 7th August

If ever there were an original programme at one of Switzerland’s esteemed summer festivals, this Festivalwanderung was it.

*****

Spectacular views and musical serenades at the Davos Festival

Sarah Batschelet, 7th August

If ever there were an original programme at one of Switzerland’s esteemed summer festivals, this Festivalwanderung was it.

*****

Davos Festival celebrates the senses

Sarah Batschelet, 3rd August

The annual Davos Festival offers a platform to gifted young musicians from around the world to explore and exchange musical genres in a stellar alpine landscape.

****1

Spectacular views and musical serenades at the Davos Festival

Sarah Batschelet, 7th August

If ever there were an original programme at one of Switzerland’s esteemed summer festivals, this Festivalwanderung was it.

*****

Ein glanzvoller Abend mit der Sing-Akademie und dem Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

Rolf Kyburz, 5th May

Was die von Andreas Felber einstudierte Zürcher Sing-Akademie bot, war überwältigend: sehr eindrücklicher, homogener Chorklang, virtuos und flexibel in den polyphonen Partien, ausgezeichnete dynamische Kontrolle und Stimmausgleich: besser geht's nicht!

****1

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.