Heroines of the Golden Age

By Nick Boston, 05 November 2015

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Reviewed at St George's Church, Brighton on 4 November 2015

Works by Dowland

Works by Byrd

Works by Blow

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth"

Works by Ferrabosco I

Works by Danyel

Works by Lawes

Works by Wilson

Works by Kapsberger

Works by Piccinini

Dame Emma Kirkby, Soprano

Jakob Lindberg, Lute

Une Mère protectrice et rebelle, par Emma Kirkby et ses amis

Philippe Ramin, 14th March

Au Voces8 Centre, la célèbre soprano entraîne son auditoire dans un voyage de toute beauté, allant de la poésie mystique médiévale aux chants de l’holocauste.

****1

Anna Geniushene impresses Singapore in early Chopin and Brahms

Chang Tou Liang, 14th June

Anna Geniushene makes a welcome Singapore return, demonstrating that knows exactly what she is all about.

****1

Lise Davidsen’s exquisite Schubert Lieder at the Aldeburgh Festival

Eleanor Knight, 13th June

The Norwegian soprano impresses in a Lieder programme that proves the highlight of the Aldeburgh Festival’s opening weekend.

*****

Dame Imogen Cooper bows out with Mozart at The Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 13th June

Dame Imogen Cooper’s valedictory concerto performance was affectionately received by a near capacity audience at The Glasshouse.

***11

Tumultuous Mahler 2 season finale from the BBC Philharmonic

Rohan Shotton, 13th June

John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic and CBSO Chorus in Mahler's mighty Resurrection Symphony.

*****

Great entertainment from the Bach Akademie Australia

Sandra Bowdler, 13th June

The Bach Akademie Australia celebrates the Leipzig Collegium Musicum of the Baroque era with an entertaining concert of familiar works and rarities, including the outright "silly" concerto of Telemann's The Frogs.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Heroines of the Golden Age: Intimacy and variety from Kirkby and Lindberg at Brighton Early Music Festival