Baroque on the high seas: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Carolyn Sampson at Lufthansa

By Julia Savage, 22 May 2013

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Reviewed at Smith Square Hall, London on 18 May 2013

Vivaldi, L'Olimpiade, RV 725: Tra le follie...Siam navi all'onde algenti

Vivaldi, Concerto for violin and cello in F major, RV 544 "Il Proteo, ossia il mondo al rovescio"

Handel, Ezio, HWV 29: Finche d'un Zeffiro Soave

Handel, Imeneo, HWV 41: Lotario, Io son quella navicella

Handel, Lotario, HWV26: Scherza in mar la navicell

Telemann, Water Music in C major, "Hamburger Ebb and Fluth", TWV 55:C3

Vivaldi, Sum in medio tempestatum, RV 632

Carolyn Sampson, Soprano

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Gottfried von der Goltz, Violin

Highly polished Mozart from Freiburg Baroque in Melbourne

Sandra Bowdler, 26th March

Melbourne-born soprano Sioghan Stagg returns for a one night stand with Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra as part of their Australian tour.

****1

Dionysian and Apollonian: René Jacobs conducts L'Orfeo in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 18th February

In a concert performance at the Berlin Philharmonie, conductor René Jacobs gives his own – thrilling – take on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.

*****

Light and shadows in Rattle and Sellars' Médée at Staatsoper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th November

Reuniting two old friends and collaborators, the Staatsoper Berlin presents a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée, with mixed results.

***11

Freiburg Baroque brings the Thames to Klosters

Mark Pullinger, 31st July

One of the world's top period instrument ensembles bring Handel's Water Music and other baroque classics to Klosters.

****1

Excellent revival of Claus Guth's Saul at Theater an der Wien

George Jahn, 20th April

“How Excellent.” The first words sung in Handel’s Saul are in praise of God and were first uttered in a performance nearly three centuries ago. But they apply equally to Claus Guth’s interpretation of the work staged by Theater an der Wien.

*****

Aquatic favourites from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Zenaida des Aubris, 5th April

Maurice Steger makes his debut with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in a concert of Baroque favourites.

*****

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Julia Savage

Julia works behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey as a PA. Outside of her job, she sings with a variety of ensembles in London and further afield, and undertakes freelance editorial and writing projects – from concert programmes to tasting notes.