A Winter Journey of white-light intensity

By Thomas May, 19 October 2015

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“Bezuidenhout showed himself to be utterly in sympathy with Padmore's vision of the cycle”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Alice Tully Hall, New York City on 17 October 2015

Schubert, Winterreise (W. Müller), D.911

Mark Padmore, Tenor

Kristian Bezuidenhout, Fortepiano

Highly polished Mozart from Freiburg Baroque in Melbourne

Sandra Bowdler, 26th March

Melbourne-born soprano Sioghan Stagg returns for a one night stand with Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra as part of their Australian tour.

****1

A walk to Beethoven: Bezuidenhout and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Zoltán Szabó, 23rd March

Kristian Bezuidenhout joins the ACO for a piecemeal programme leading to a complete performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto.

***11

Heavenly Bach from Iestyn Davies at the BBC Proms

Leighton Jones, 25th August

With two cantatas for solo alto bookending the Third Brandenburg Concerto, The English Concert bewitches in this late-night all Bach programme.

****1

Top Mozart from Kristian Bezuidenhout and The English Concert

Mark Thomas, 7th June

A scintillating account of an all-Mozart programme at St Martin-in-the-Fields with a mighty concerto, a mightier symphony and one of his more unusual overtures.

*****

Bezuidenhout and the OAE on winning form at the Anvil, Basingstoke

David Truslove, 13th April

Mozart and 1784 is the basis for this latest OAE venture, an engaging programme that highlights the flawless technique of 18th-century keyboard specialist Kristian Bezuidenhout.

****1

Valentine for the birthday boy from Bezuidenhout and the H&H

Kevin Wells, 14th February

Bezuidenhout and the Handel and Haydn Society offer the Boston audience an entirely different sound world where the music sings in a new voice.

*****

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Thomas May

Thomas May is a writer and translator based in Seattle. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader, and he blogs about the arts at memeteria.com. He has written for The Washington Post, Gramophone, Listen, Symphony magazine, OPERA America, crosscut.com, and many other publications.

Padmore and Bezuidenhout undertake a Winter Journey of white-light intensity