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Going for Baroque with Julia Lezhneva in Sydney

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Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 8 October 2016
Porpora, In caelo stele clare fulgescant
Bach, Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV1066
Handel, Salve Regina, HWV 241
Vivaldi, Ottone in Villa, RV 729: Leggi almeno, tiranna infedele
Handel, Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: Felicissima quest' alma
Handel, Sonata a 5 in B flat major, HWV 288
Handel, Alessandro, HWV 21: Alla sua gabbia d'oro
Handel, Alessandro, HWV 21: Brilla nell' alma un non inteso ancor
Hasse, Siroe, re di Persia: Di tuo amor mio cor
Handel, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: Lascia la spina
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, Violin, Artistic Director
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano
Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne: Gershwin, Shostakovich
****1
Bach sheds light in an impressively dark outing from the ACO
****1
Mesmerising, but relentless Brahms and Beethoven from the ACO
****1
Why isn't the music enough? “Silence and Rapture” from the ACO
***11
Symphony or song cycle? Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in Sydney
***11
A walk to Beethoven: Bezuidenhout and the Australian Chamber Orchestra
***11
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