Moreau brings Baroque cello to the BBC Proms

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 09 August 2017

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 7 August 2017

Hasse, Adagio and fugue in G minor

Platti, Cello Concerto in D major

Vivaldi, Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 419

Telemann, Divertimento in B flat major, TWV 50:23

Boccherini, Cello Concerto no. 6 in D major, G 479

Edgar Moreau, Cello

Il Pomo d'Oro

Maxim Emelyanychev, Director

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Mengguang Huang, 12th February

From Jakub Józef Orliński’s youthful radiance to Sandrine Piau’s sovereign mastery, this performance revives Baroque ecstasy through razor-sharp orchestration, muscular playing and inventive embellishments of unparalleled emotional depth.

*****

Carry on up the Nile: Handel's Berenice by the Seine

Sandra Bowdler, 21st May

One of Handel's lesser operas receives a deluxe concert performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, with Il Pomo d'Oro and a fine array of singers.

****1

Beyond conventions: Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Pomo d'Oro in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 30th November

Touring with the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, Jakub Józef Orliński reinvents the Baroque recital formula at the Berlin Philharmonic featuring breakdancing, an audience sing-along and a good deal of fun.

*****

Gesualdo lights up La Bâtie in Veyrier

Elodie Olson-Coons, 8th September

Il Pomo d'Oro and La Compagnia del Madrigale deliver a moving, nuanced performance of Gesualdo madrigals at La Bâtie festival.

***11

Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro make the Konzerthaus their Eden

Chanda VanderHart, 20th March

Pageantry abounds as the popular mezzo-soprano turns the Konzerthaus Wien into a sort of classical music, multisensory varieté.

*****

A starry cast for Handel's Theodora in Paris

Kevin W Ng, 22nd November

It’s hard to imagine more glorious vocalism from such a starry cast, but this Theodora at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées falls short of the sublime.

***11

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.

PCM4: Edgar Moreau and Il Pomo d'Oro bring Baroque cello to the BBC Proms