Rivals: Max Emanuel Cenčić in Halle

By Sandra Bowdler, 09 June 2018

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Reviewed at Konzerthalle Ulrichskirche, Halle on 8 June 2018

Porpora, Ifigenia in Aulide: Tu spietato, non sarai

Porpora, Arianna in Nasso: Nume che reggi 'l mare

Porpora, Meride e Selinunte: Torbido intorno al core

Porpora, Filandro: D’esser già parmi

Handel, Orlando, HWV 31: Già l'ebro mio ciglio

Handel, Orlando HWV 31:Cielo! Se tu consenti

Handel, Arminio, HWV 36: Al par della mis sorte

Handel, Arminio, HWV 36: Si cadrò, ma sorgerà

Vivaldi, L'estro armonico: Concerto for 2 violins, cello and strings in A minor, Op.3 no. 8, RV 522

Vivaldi, Trio Sonata in D minor Op.1 no. 12 RV 63 "La follia”

Vivaldi, Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425

Max Emanuel Cenčić, Countertenor

George Petrou, Conductor

Armonia Atenea

Sergiu Nastasa, Violin

Carmen-Otilia Alitei, Violin

Theodoros Kitsos, Mandolin

Leonardo Vinci's music revived by Franco Fagioli at Bayreuth Baroque

Lorenzo Fiorito, 11th September

The Argentinian, one of the greatest countertenors of his generation, is today's specialist in the repertoire of Neapolitan composer Leonardo Vinci.

*****

Porpora's Orfeo: a plunge into the Neapolitan golden century

Lorenzo Fiorito, 2nd August

Nicola Porpora's pasticcio was one of the highlights of the 45th edition of the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca.

****1

Baroque tenor Juan Sancho at the Halle Handel Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 5th June

Rising tenor Juan Sancho sang an exciting if slightly thematically odd program, Handel's Seven Deadly Sins, at the Halle Handel Festival

****1

Jewel Arias: Scintillating Siroe at the Concertgebouw

Jenny Camilleri, 17th October

Armonia Atenea and a thrillingly virtuosic cast, led by countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić, bring Hasse’s Siroe to Amsterdam

*****

Greek myths galore from Armonia Atenea

Nahoko Gotoh, 2nd August

It is perhaps inevitable that a Greek Baroque ensemble on their first visit to the Proms would want to showcase a programme with a link to their ancient heritage.

***11

Alessandro wows the audience at Salle Pleyel

Vesna Gerintes, 23rd September

Let’s be clear: this was a performance of the highest order. From the first five notes of the overture, the sixteen-member orchestra Armonia Aténéa led by George Petrou ravished the audience of the Salle Pleyel with Handel’s full splendour.

*****

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Sandra Bowdler

Sandra Bowdler was born and educated in Sydney, and has pursued a career as an archaeologist since graduating from the University of Sydney in 1970. She is now Emeritus Professor of Archaeology and a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia in the School of Social Sciences and the School of Music. Since attending a production of Handel’s opera Alcina at the Sydney Opera House in 1982, she has become a devotee of the works of GF Handel, and Baroque music generally. In 1996 she began writing opera reviews for online outlets, graduating to more professional sources by 2000. In 2007, she inaugurated Festival Baroque Australia in Perth, Western Australia, Australia’s first Baroque music festival. Under that banner, she curated two festivals and several concerts in Perth.

Rivals: Max Emanuel Cenčić pits Porpora and Handel against each other in Halle