Cancelled Christmas? Knot on your life: Bach at Wigmore Hall

By Benjamin Poore, 21 December 2021

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“the opening chorus was a belter: voices and drums snapping like a Christmas cracker”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 20 December 2021

Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Jauchzet, frohlocket

Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend

Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen

Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben

Solomon's Knot

Kinga Ujszaszi, Violin, Director

Hilary Cronin, Soprano

Nathan Mercieca, Countertenor

Helen Charlston, Mezzo-soprano

Andrew Tortise, Tenor

Ruairi Bowen, Tenor

Jonathan Sells, Baritone

Alexander Ashworth, Baritone

Neil Brough, Trumpet

Solomon’s Knot unravel Bach family motets in a different way

Leighton Jones, 4th December

Taking two generations of the Bach family, Solomon’s Knot reinvigorate their motets with vision and excellent execution.

****1

Solomon's Knot tackles the Mass in B minor

Nahoko Gotoh, 11th December

On the final day of Spitalfields Winter Festival, Solomon's Knot performed Bach's Mass in B minor with a wonderful sense of community which we the audience also shared.

*****

The National Health Service of the Renaissance

David Karlin, 12th November

L’Ospedale sounds like it should be a newly written opera about the NHS, but actually, it's a 350 year old piece. It makes for an hour's delectable light operatic entertainment.

****1

Donnerschlag vom Gipfel Telemanns mit Les Passions de l'Âme

Jens Klier, 20th March

Meistens satte Klangpracht der freiheitlich zugewandten Ensembles ließ das Herz bei diesem Konzert der Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage wirklich voll werden.

****1

Repicco and Friends highlight some Baroque rarities for Concerts in the West

Travis Mason, 20th May

An delightful hour of Baroque rarities from Repicco and Friends.

****1

Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival

David Smythe, 2nd August

John Tavener's epic, eight-hour all-night vigil opens the festival in monumental style, directed by Thomas Guthrie.

*****

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Benjamin Poore

Benjamin Poore is a writer and critic. His book on psychoanalysis and literature is forthcoming in 2019. He has previously written about literature and culture for the Independent, the Times Literary Supplement, and Times Higher Education. In his spare time he tries to sing Schubert; he has a very patient teacher.