Ebullience and piquant timbres: Ensemble Zefiro

By Simon Holden, 20 August 2018

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Reviewed at Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall, Auckland on 18 August 2018

Mozart, Divertimento in F major, K213

Mozart, Divertimento in B flat major, K240

Mozart, Divertimento in E flat major, K252 (K240a)

Mozart, Divertimento in F major, K253

Mozart, Divertimento in B flat major, K270

Ensemble Zefiro

Alfredo Bernardini, Director

Follia! Zefiro thrills at Valletta Baroque Festival

David Smythe, 12th January

Directed by oboist Alfredo Bernadini, Ensemble Zefiro's programme themed around La Follia is thrillingly played, human, edgy and unpredictable.

*****

Ein Sommer wie damals: Mit Mozart in Prag

Isabella Steppan, 24th June

Ein barockes Schloss, Picknickdecken und Harmoniemusik – so lässt sich’s genießen! Die Styriarte trifft beim Konzert des Ensemble Zefiro mit Ambiente und musikalischer Qualität ins Schwarze.

****1

Follia! Zefiro thrills at Valletta Baroque Festival

David Smythe, 12th January

Directed by oboist Alfredo Bernadini, Ensemble Zefiro's programme themed around La Follia is thrillingly played, human, edgy and unpredictable.

*****

In musikalischer Heimat: EUBO mit Telemann und Bach bei Musica Viva

Jens Klier, 29th September

Aus „gemischtem Styl“ in staunenswert frischem Klangwind wurde bei Bernardini am Ende Freestyle, der schnellstmögliche Wiedersehenssehnsucht bediente.

*****

Ein Sommer wie damals: Mit Mozart in Prag

Isabella Steppan, 24th June

Ein barockes Schloss, Picknickdecken und Harmoniemusik – so lässt sich’s genießen! Die Styriarte trifft beim Konzert des Ensemble Zefiro mit Ambiente und musikalischer Qualität ins Schwarze.

****1

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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Simon Holden

Simon is an operaphile based in Auckland, New Zealand. He wrote his dissertation on Japanese popular music. With a background in piano and classical music retail, he spends his time attending as much opera or vocal concert as he can and blogs at irishenceaway.blogspot.com.

Ebullience and piquant timbres: Ensemble Zefiro plays Mozart divertimenti in Auckland