A visit to Musikdorf Ernen

By Sarah Batschelet, 28 July 2016

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“Lifting and descending as smoothly as a hand over satin”

Reviewed at St George's Church, Ernen on 26 July 2016

Dall'Abaco, Concerto a quattro da chiesa in D minor, Op.2 no.1

Sammartini, Recorder Concerto in F major

Vivaldi, Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 600

Piccinini, Toccata IV

Piccinini, Partite variate sopra la Folia aria Romanesca

Fiorenza, Concerto for cello, strings and basso continuo

Vivaldi, In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626

Maria Keohane, Soprano

Barockensemble Ernen

Ouverture de Bach en Combrailles : l’émouvant précis bachien du Ricercar Consort

Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 7th August

Le programme, 100% Bach, prévu à l’ouverture, fait ainsi à la fois vibrer les tuyaux de l’impressionnante réplique de l’orgue d’Arnstadt et résonner, entre prélude et fugue, les vocalises des cantates dans l’église de Pontaumur.

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A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

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Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

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Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

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Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Phil Parker, 17th April

Vibrant, colourful music is played with every last ounce of enthusiasm as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia rounds off its UK tour at Sheffield City Hall.

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Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.

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