Valletta International Baroque Festival: Monteverdi's Vespers

By Anthony Hart, 25 January 2014

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Reviewed at St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Valletta on 18 January 2014

Monteverdi, Other (Vespers)

Valletta Baroque Festival Ensemble

Unity in diversity in Malta

Anthony Hart, 26th January

Young ensemble demonstrates their maturity at the Valletta International Baroque Festival.

****1

Girolamo Abos' Stabat Mater in Valletta

Anthony Hart, 16th January

Abos' Stabat Mater is given an enthusiastic response at the Valletta International Baroque Festival.

****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

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

****1

Peter Whelan and Carlos Ferreira ignite Brahms and Weber in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 24th April

Peter Whelan drew rare urgency and transparency from Brahms, while Carlos Ferreira’s lyrical finesse elevated Weber beyond expectation.

*****

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Anthony Hart

Anthony Hart, born in the UK, now lives in Malta. He was presented papers for Società Italiana di Musicologia and the International Musicological Society. He a Licentiate of the London College of Music. He has had papers published in Early Music, Studi Musicali and Fonti Musicali Italiane.

Monteverdi's Vespers at Valletta International Baroque Festival