Old music in an old church: The Corelli Consort in Istanbul

By Alain Matalon, 11 April 2013

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Reviewed at St Anthony Lower Church, Istanbul on 8 April 2013

Works by Kajoni

Works by Handel

Bach, St John Passion, BWV245: Es ist vollbracht

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232: Agnus Dei

Handel, Messiah, HWV56: Thou art gone up on high

Corelli, Violin Sonata in D major, Op.5 no.1

Telemann, Trio Sonata in D minor

Caldara, Astri, cantata for contralto

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Works by Telemann

Judit Rajk, Contralto

Geza Hargitai, Bassoon

Gabor Csonka, Violin

Gyula Mohacsi, Viola

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

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