Tafelmusik: House of Dreams

By Simon Hukin, 26 February 2015

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Reviewed at Canberra Llewellyn Hall, ANU, Canberra on 26 February 2015

Handel, Theodora (Prelude)

Handel, Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6 No.5, HWV 323 (Allegro)

Handel, Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.3 No.2, HWV 313 (Vivace)

Handel, Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.6 no.1, HWV 319 (Allegro)

Handel, Alcina, HWV 34: excerpts

Vivaldi, Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major, RV 93 (Largo)

Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 oboes in D minor, RV 535 (Allegro)

Vivaldi, Bassoon Concerto in E minor, RV 484 (Allegro)

Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor, RV 531 (Allegro)

Sweelinck, Engelse Fortuyn

Purcell, Three Parts upon a Ground, Z 731

Purcell, The Indian Queen (3rd act)

Purcell, Ode for St Cecilia's Day (Symphony)

Marais, Alcione (Suite)

Bach, Trio Sonata in C major, BWV1037 (Gigue)

Bach, Ach Herr, mich armen Suender - Cantata, BWV135 (Largo)

Telemann, Water Music in C major, "Hamburger Ebb and Fluth", TWV 55:C3

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Jeanne Lamon, Conductor

Opera Atelier's long delayed La resurrezione

John Gilks, 6th April

The young Handel's homage to Counter Reformation Rome, La resurrezione, is effectively brought to life by Opera Atelier with glittering sets and fine, stylish singing.

****1

A celebration of French Baroque opera-ballet at Versailles

Laura Servidei, 2nd December

Opera Atelier presents a double bill at the Royal Opera in Versailles filled with Baroque dancing, scenery and music.

***11

High-concept Handel can't obscure spectacular singing

Catherine Kustanczy, 23rd October

Opera Atelier’s latest production mixes traditional-specific touches the company is known for, and more high-concept inclusions. The results are mixed — but the singing is spectacular.

**111

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performs Beethoven in Toronto to a standing ovation

Sasha Drozzina, 19th September

Ludwig van Beethoven once said: “Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.” On 19 September, 2013, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performed three works by the late Classical and early Romantic composer: the overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, and his first two symphonies.

*****

Joy and serenity flow from Mark Morris Dance Group in Toronto's Sony Centre at Luminato

Stanley Fefferman, 21st June

As Handel made music of John Milton’s poems L’Allegro and il Penseroso , Mark Morris made Handel’s music dance. The 32 scenes of Morris’ ballet breathe with inspiration of figures and designs from watercolours William Blake did for an edition of Milton’s poems.

*****

The Magic Flute as great musical comedy from Opera Atelier in Toronto

James Karas, 6th April

Opera Atelier espouses truth in advertising: The Magic Flute, they tell us, is a Singspiel in two acts. You can call it a play with songs, a musical comedy, even an operetta, but hardly an opera in the traditional sense. Call it what you will, this is Opera Atelier’s fourth production of the work in the last 22 years.

***11

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Simon Hukin

Simon is a professional brass musician. He studied performance at the Australian National University under Charles MacInnes and Scott Kinmont, graduating just before its untimely demise. He has played with bands and orchestras around Australia and now divides his time between music and politics in the nation’s capital. He is particularly interested in working with leaders on a territory and national level to build support for the arts. He has written for several different publications as a freelance arts critic over the last seven years.

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