A Winged Woman: The Marian Consort mix ancient and modern in Perth

By David Smythe, 19 May 2023

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“the singers arriving on crunchy chords like birds alighting on a tree branch”

Reviewed at St John's Kirk, Perth on 18 May 2023

des Prez, Benedicta es caelorum regina

des Prez, Salve celeberrima virgo

Peebles, Quam multi sunt, Domine

Howard, Unbound

Perivolaris, A Winged Woman

Peebles, Si quis diligit me

Jachet de Mantoue, Descendi in hortum meum

Anonymous, Descendi in hortum meum

Willaert, Infelix ego

MacMillan, The Strathclyde Motets: O Radiant Dawn

Marian Consort

Rory McCleery, Director

Seasonal joy from Ludus Baroque at Greyfriars Kirk

David Smythe, 14th December

Edinburgh’s Ludus Baroque joined by the Marian Consort bring seasonal joy and Baroque warmth in a complete performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.

****1

Makellos. Englisch. Polyphon.

Jens Klier, 27th June

Das Marian Consort entführt Jens Klier in nahezu beängstigende Höhen des Musikgenusses.

*****

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

Cummings and the AAM win ‘Leipzig's Got Talent’

Nick Boston, 16th April

The Academy of Ancient Music poses the question what might have been in Leipzig with stunning performances of Bach and his competitors to be the new Thomaskantor.

*****

A special relationship renewed: Leonard Slatkin returns to Prague

Frank Kuznik, 16th April

Leonard Slatkin returns to the Prague Symphony Orchestra with one of his own pieces, a Schubert tribute that steals the show.

****1

Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Robert Gainer, 15th April

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?

****1

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David Smythe

David the farmer was drawn into music through choirs, orchestras, taking part in and directing 'serious' opera as a student. Passionate about live classical music, particularly chamber opera, unusual pieces and events and giving the next generation the tools to engage with the classical world.