Juilliard 415 excels in French and Italian Baroque in Auckland

By Simon Holden, 01 March 2020

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Reviewed at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland on 28 February 2020

Handel, Agrippina: Sinfonia

Marais, Dances from “Semele“

Vivaldi, Flute Concerto in G minor, Op.10 no. 2, RV 439 "La notte”

Muffat, Armonico Tributo: Sonata no. 5 in G major

Corelli, Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6 no.7

Whitehead, “time steps out of time”

Rameau, Dardanus: suite

Juilliard415

Taya König-Tarasevich, Baroque flute

Robert Mealy, Violin

Kyle Ritenauer, Director

Fresh and youthful Bach from the Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415

David Smythe, 5th June

On a short UK tour, players from Juilliard415 and the Yale Schola Cantorum perform Bach’s Mass in B minor for the first time, conducted by David Hill.

****1

Dynamic start to Juilliard415's New Zealand tour

Simon Holden, 26th May

On the basis of this concert, the graduate ensemble Juilliard415 (named after the standard Baroque pitch of 415 Hz) is already of extremely high quality indeed, technically proficient and highly in-tune with Baroque style.

****1

Boston Early Music Festival strikes again with a knockout Octavia

Kevin Wells, 8th June

Once again, the BEMF brings a Baroque opera back to life. Reinhard Keiser’s 1705 Octavia is exceptionally well sung, adroitly staged, designed and danced, with impeccable musicianship.

*****

Demons and monsters: Rameau at the Boston Early Music Festival

Kevin Wells, 13th June

The Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra led by Robert Mealy, with soprano Emőke Baráth and dancers Caroline Copeland and Pierre-François Dollé, showcase Rameau's vitality and originality.

*****

Handel's Messiah - The Perennial Christmas Favourite

Kay Kempin, 13th December

In a season over-crowded with holiday concerts, Handel’s Messiah is performed all over Manhattan. But there is no better place to hear this Christmas favorite than Trinity Church, a church dating back to 1696 with a deep history in New York and home to the work's New World premiere in 1770.

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

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Simon Holden

Simon is an operaphile based in Auckland, New Zealand. He wrote his dissertation on Japanese popular music. With a background in piano and classical music retail, he spends his time attending as much opera or vocal concert as he can and blogs at irishenceaway.blogspot.com.