Combatting the elements – and winning: Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 15 October 2013

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam on 13 October 2013

Rebel, Les Élémens

Bach C.P.E., Double Concerto in E flat major for harpsichord, piano and orchestra, Wq 47

Vivaldi, Concerto for flute and 2 violins, or 3 violins and bassoon in G minor, RV 104 "La notte”

Telemann, Concerto in B flat major for 3 Oboes and 3 Violins, TWV 44:43

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

Jan Willem de Vriend, Violin

Ronald Brautigam, Piano

Francesco Corti, Harpsichord

Erik Bosgraaf, Recorder

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam performs Handel

Kristen Huebner, 30th September

The Combattimento Consort Amsterdam gave a robust concert of Baroque repertoire last weekend in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Presenting an ambitious program of concerti grossi by George Frideric Handel and one particularly humorous organ concerto by the little-known English composer John Stanley, this fine ensemble drew a stark contrast to what we usually expect in the Baroque field today.

**111

Love forever II: Händel und Telemann beim Valletta Baroque Festival

Jens Klier, 22nd January

Ein durchinszeniertes Kantaten- und Instrumentalfest, bei dem Emotionen und manch anderem bizarr freier Lauf gelassen wurde.

****1

The dual soul of Brautigam’s fortepiano at the Muziekgebouw

Antonio D'Amato, 15th February

Brautigam bridged Wilms and Beethoven at the fortepiano, while Farrenc’s First Symphony added symphonic breadth, all shaped by the assured playing of the Kölner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens.

****1

Beethoven explored in the Concertgebouw's “empty sessions”

Laurence Vittes, 16th November

Streamed from an empty concert hall, the Concertgebouw's Beethoven Festival Online offered a series of six chamber works.

Catherine wheels of fire and energy from Aurora Orchestra and Collon

Alexander Hall, 28th September

Nicholas Collon decides that Mendelssohn is really a very revolutionary composer, while Amy Dickson's saxophone and Ronald Brautigam in Mozart provide vibrant contrasts.

****1

Brautigam plays Beethoven on Graf at BRQ Vantaa Festival

David Karlin, 12th August

At BRQ Vantaa Festival, Ronald Brautigam opens eyes and ears, displaying immaculate technique on a replica of a Beethoven-era piano.

****1

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Rosemary Carlton-Willis

Rosemary Carlton-Willis is a soprano based in the Netherlands. She has one masters degree in Music (Historical Performance) from the University of York, and a second in Singing from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she studied in both the Classical and Early Music departments. She has worked for the York Early Music Festival, the National Centre for Early Music and the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall.