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Immortal thoughts: Mortal Voices from The Academy of Ancient Music in Cambridge

By Charlotte Valori, 21 February 2018
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“Mead and Fuge each gave us a pure, searing sound, full of emotion and drama”
Reviewed at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge on 16 February 2018
Programme
Corelli, Concerto grosso in D major, Op.6 no.1
Handel, Ah che troppo ineguali, HWV 230
Handel, Il duello amoroso, HWV 82
Pergolesi, Stabat Mater
Performers
Keri Fuge, Soprano
Tim Mead, Countertenor
Academy of Ancient Music
Christian Curnyn, Conductor
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.