Three Baroque tenors and an orcherstra: Ian Bostridge with Northern Sinfonia

By Jane Shuttleworth, 14 January 2013

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Reviewed at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage One, Gateshead on 12 January 2013

Boyce, Symphony no. 5 in D major

Gasparini, Il Bajazet: Forte e lieto

Handel, Tamerlano, HWV 18: Forte e lieto

Handel, Alcina, HWV 34: Suite

Caldara, Joaz: Lo so, con periglio

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Scorta siate

Boyce, Symphony no. 1 in B flat major

Vivaldi, Arsilda, regina di Ponto RV 700: La tiranna avversa sorte

Vivaldi, Ipermestra, RV 722: Sazierò col morir mio

Handel, Poro, re dell'Indie, HWV 28: D'un barbaro scortese

Handel, Rodrigo HWV 5: orchestral suite

Handel, Hercules, HWV 60: From celestial seats

Handel, Hercules, HWV 60: Where congeal'd the northern streams

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Ian Bostridge, Tenor

Bernard Labadie, Conductor

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Nil Venditti arrives like a small, joyful bomb at The Glasshouse and lights up a familiar Mendelssohn symphony with new insights.

****1

Sir Bryn Terfel charms Glasshouse audience in reimagined Schubert

Nick Butters, 21st November

Terfel’s charismatic account of Schubert songs orchestrated by a variety of composers, Sofia Gubaidulina’s meditation on his Impromtu and the composer’s own longest symphony make a varied and rewarding evening at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.

****1

Ticket to ride: thrilling, moving witty Berio at the Glasshouse

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Sophia Burgos and members of Royal Northern Sinfonia charm, amuse and astonish in a selection of Luciano Berio’s works at the Glasshouse.

****1

Hymn of Praise: thrilling Mendelssohn at the Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 26th July

As the BBC Proms visits Gateshead, Dinis Sousa and the Royal Northern Sinfonia excel in Mendelssohn, although David Fray's Bach underwhelms.

****1

Fire and ice: Víkingur Ólafsson performs at the Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 6th February

A Finnish soundscape, fine detail in Bartók and deep understanding in Beethoven from the Royal Northern Sinfonia with Dinis Sousa and Víkingur Ólafsson.

*****

Fray and the RNS offer challenging interpretations of Bach and Mozart

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French pianist David Fray with the Royal Northern Sinfonia challenges orthodoxy in blisteringly fast Bach and darkly imagined Mozart.

***11

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Jane Shuttleworth

Jane Shuttleworth is a choral singer and recorder player, and specialises in Renaissance, baroque and modern music. She lives in Durham and runs a local music listings, news and reviews site Music in Durham