St. John's Smith Square, Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/ Gardiner/ Debretzeni

By Sebastian Scotney, 04 October 2011

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Reviewed at Smith Square Hall, London on 3 October 2011

Bach, Komm, Jesu, komm! - motet, BWV229

Bach, Fürchte dich nicht - motet, BWV228

Biber, Rosary Sonata no. 1 in D minor: The Annunciation

Bach, Jesu, meine Freude - motet, BWV227

Bach, Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf - motet, BWV226

Bach, Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden (Psalm 117) - motet, BWV230

Biber, Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin

Bach, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet, BWV225

Monteverdi Choir

English Baroque Soloists

Kati Debretzeni, Violin

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor

Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival

David Smythe, 2nd August

John Tavener's epic, eight-hour all-night vigil opens the festival in monumental style, directed by Thomas Guthrie.

*****

Brahms' German Requiem brings solace to all at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 29th February

The Monteverdi Choir and Dinis Sousa bring a fresh perspective to a performance of Brahms' German Requiem with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.

*****

A rare Handel pastoral ode at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 26th October

Dinis Sousa conducts the combined forces of the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir in L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.

****1

A triumph against the odds: Les Troyens at the BBC Proms

Mark Valencia, 3rd September

Dinis Sousa doesn't put a foot wrong as the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir give a performance of startling virtuosity at the end of a European tour.

*****

Gardiner conducts L'Enfance du Christ at the Tonhalle

Sarah Batschelet, 27th November

Under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Zurich’s fine Tonhalle Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir and soloists launch a sonorous holiday season with Hector Berlioz’s sacred oratorio L’Enfance du Christ.

****1

Prom 59: Berlioz with a bronze glow

Mark Pullinger, 2nd September

To mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's death, Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the opera charting the escapades of the Italian goldsmith and sculptor.

****1

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Sebastian Scotney

Sebastian has written about music for the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, Arts Industry and the Bulletin in Brussels. He has been a professor at the Royal College of Music and has recorded a CD of the Mozart clarinet quintet with the Maggini Quartet.