A warm and exuberant Mozart extravaganza from the Bach Choir and Orchestra of the Netherlands

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 05 March 2014

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 2 March 2014

Mozart, Aria for Soprano, "Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner!", K383

Mozart, Aria for Soprano, "Un moto di gioia mi sento", K579

Mozart, Aria for Soprano, "Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio", K418

Mozart, Aria for Soprano, "Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia", K582

Mozart, Missa in C major, "Coronation", K317

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands

Bach Choir of the Netherlands

Pieter Jan Leusink, Conductor

Olga Zinovieva, Soprano

Sytse Buwalda, Countertenor

Martinus Leusink, Tenor

Joep van Geffen, Bass

Thilo Dahlmann, Bass-baritone

L'émouvante Passion de Christophe Rousset au Festival de Pâques

Irma Foletti, 6th April

Magnifiquement interprétée par Les Talens Lyriques et le Chœur de chambre de Namur, l'œuvre de Bach a éclipsé le Stabat Mater de Pergolesi, donné par un B'Rock Orchestra et un René Jacobs en petite forme.

***11

Historie, Nachfolge, Ehre, Zukunft: Ferdinand Hillers Saul

Jens Klier, 30th October

Wieder einmal gebühren Willens Lorbeeren für eine fällige Wiederentdeckung.

****1

Lobgesang in der Elbphilharmonie

Isabel Schubert, 15th January

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, NDR Chor und der Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks brillieren unter Hengelbrock mit Mendelssohns Lobgesang in der frisch eröffneten Hamburger Elbphilharmonie.

*****

Hengelbrocks Weihnachtsfeier

Jens Klier, 6th December

Überzeugte mich der Interpretationsansatz nicht, so muss allein wegen der makellosen Intonation der Ensembles mit den Highlights Alex Potter und Tilman Lichdi von einem 4-Sterne-Konzert gesprochen werden.

****1

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

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Rosemary Carlton-Willis

Rosemary Carlton-Willis is a soprano based in the Netherlands. She has one masters degree in Music (Historical Performance) from the University of York, and a second in Singing from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she studied in both the Classical and Early Music departments. She has worked for the York Early Music Festival, the National Centre for Early Music and the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall.