El Nuevo Mundo: Orlando Chamber Choir perform works from 16th-century Spain and its South American colonies

By Sarah Reid, 12 November 2012

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Reviewed at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London on 9 November 2012

Anonymous, Hanacpachap cussicuinin

Capillas, Alleluja, Dic nobis Maria

Anonymous, Si la noche hace escura

de Araujo, Los coflades de la estleya

Gutiérrez de Padilla, Missa ego flos campi

Zéspedes, Convidando esta la noche

Lobo, O quam suavis est, Domine

Aldomar, ¡Ah Pelayo, que desmayo!

del Encina, ¡Cucú cucú!

Cabanilles, Corrente Italiana

Anonymous, Dindirin, dindirin

Urrede, Nunca fue pena mayor

de Araujo, En el muy gran Padre Ignacio

Fernández, Eso rigor e repente

de Araujo, Dixit Dominus a 3 choros

Zipoli, O Daliso

Falla, 7 canciones populares españolas: Nana

Ortiz, Recercada segunda

Orlando Chamber Choir

Mariachi 1650 Players

Richard Arthur Wilberforce, Director

Kate Symonds-Joy, Soprano

Emilie Renard, Soprano

Michael Solomon Williams, Tenor

Gareth John, Baritone

Susanna Mälkki, une baguette spartiate à la Philharmonie de Paris

Nicolas Mathieu, 25th September

Quatrième épisode de la saison de l'Orchestre de Paris : la baguette rigoureuse de Susanna Mälkki produit un résultat mitigé. Edgar Moreau fait étalage de ses qualités dans le concerto de Dvořák.

***11

Israel in Egypt with the Huddersfield Choral Society

Andrew H. King, 1st November

Handel and the Huddersfield Choral Society go way back, and their union is probably listed somewhere in the Old Testament.

***11

Bach to basics at Bachfest Leipzig

Sam Johnstone, 11th June

Three concerts over one day at the opening weekend of Bachfest Leipzig combined Bach’s music with that of composers from Rachmaninov to Sibelius, but nothing matches the unrivalled bliss of Bach’s own music performed with total conviction.

***11

Cut-and-shut Baroque: Handel's Catone in Utica

Charlotte Valori, 17th March

Metastasio's tale of noble Roman suicide was made into a pasticcio by Handel in 1732: and, after 283 years of silence, returned to the London stage as part of the 2015 London Handel Festival.

***11

Camptastic, darling: Rameau's Platée

Charlotte Valori, 20th November

Channelling Conchita Wurst in its starring role, the Early Opera Company's production of this rare Rameau opera is bursting with laughs and memorable performances from a strong young cast.

****1

Poppea: blending the beautiful with the cynical

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Opera North's static production of Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea directed by Tim Albery takes place in a murderous psychopath’s private cellar.

***11

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Sarah Reid

Sarah studied Music at Cambridge University, graduating in 2010 and now works for Rhinegold Publishing coordinating their music directories and listings supplements. Sarah is a regular concert- and theatre-goer and appreciates most music – with the exception of heavy metal and Wagner.