Shakespeare at the Sam Wanamaker

By Dominic Lowe, 14 August 2016

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Reviewed at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London on 13 August 2016

Purcell, Timon of Athens, Z 632: Curtain Tune

Purcell, Timon of Athens, Z 632: I Spy Celia

Purcell, Timon of Athens, Z 632: I See She Flies Me

Blow, Venus and Adonis: excerpts

Purcell, The Fairy Queen Z 629: Arias

Locke, The Tempest: Curtain Tune

Draghi, The Tempest - Dance of the Fantastick Spirits

Purcell, The Tempest: excerpts

Katherine Watson, Soprano

Samuel Boden, Tenor

Callum Thorpe, Bass

Arcangelo

Jonathan Cohen, Conductor

Highly-charged performances of the Brandenburgs from Arcangelo

Christopher Woodley, 1st November

Arcangelo's dazzling creativity, superbly marshalled by the charismatic Jonathan Cohen, gives a gold medal performance of all six Brandenburg Concertos to launch the London Festival of Baroque Music.

*****

Prom 74: Intimacy and reflection in Handel's Theodora

Nahoko Gotoh, 7th September

Jonathan Cohen leads a sensitive performance by Arcangelo, with a line-up of five outstanding lyrical voices.

****1

Magnificent Magnificats from Arcangelo

Roderic Dunnett, 1st October

Five star reviews are flowing Arcangelo’s way. It’s easy to see why. Five years after it was founded by Jonathan Cohen, the quality of this zestful ensemble just keeps soaring.

Meisterliches zum Auftakt des Telemannjahres

Jens Klier, 15th January

Das war Kammermusik at its best. Trotz und gerade wegen tückischer solistischer Besetzung höchstes Lob für treffenste Unterhaltung.

*****

Highly-charged performances of the Brandenburgs from Arcangelo

Christopher Woodley, 1st November

Arcangelo's dazzling creativity, superbly marshalled by the charismatic Jonathan Cohen, gives a gold medal performance of all six Brandenburg Concertos to launch the London Festival of Baroque Music.

*****

Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

Nick Boston, 8th June

Returning from the original run, Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies were joined by a strong cast and chorus for a revival of Barrie Kosky's striking production.

*****

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Proms at: music inspired by Shakespeare at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse