Follia! Zefiro thrills at Valletta Baroque Festival

Alfredo Bernardini

Zefiro

By David Smythe, 13 January 2024

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“an infectious wildness grew through the performance”

Reviewed at Teatru Manoel, Valletta on 12 January 2024

Fux, Concerto, “Le dolcezze e l'amerezze della notte”, KV E 112

Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in D major, RV 234 "L'inquietudine"

Telemann, Oboe Concerto in C minor, TWV 51:c1

Zelenka, Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti, ZWV 187

Keiser, Der lächerliche Prinz Jodelet: Overture

Geminiani, Concerto Grosso in D minor "La Follia", Op.5 no.12

Mozart, Gallimathias Musicum (Quodlibet), K32

Paolo Grazzi, Oboe

Alberto Grazzi, Bassoon

Elisa Citterio, Violin

Ensemble Zefiro

Alfredo Bernardini, Oboe, Director

Ebullience and piquant timbres: Ensemble Zefiro

Simon Holden, 18th August

An evening made up of five Mozart divertimentos had its longueurs, but the Italian period instrument ensemble delighted the audience.

***11

Ein Sommer wie damals: Mit Mozart in Prag

Isabella Steppan, 24th June

Ein barockes Schloss, Picknickdecken und Harmoniemusik – so lässt sich’s genießen! Die Styriarte trifft beim Konzert des Ensemble Zefiro mit Ambiente und musikalischer Qualität ins Schwarze.

****1

Ebullience and piquant timbres: Ensemble Zefiro

Simon Holden, 18th August

An evening made up of five Mozart divertimentos had its longueurs, but the Italian period instrument ensemble delighted the audience.

***11

In musikalischer Heimat: EUBO mit Telemann und Bach bei Musica Viva

Jens Klier, 29th September

Aus „gemischtem Styl“ in staunenswert frischem Klangwind wurde bei Bernardini am Ende Freestyle, der schnellstmögliche Wiedersehenssehnsucht bediente.

*****

Ein Sommer wie damals: Mit Mozart in Prag

Isabella Steppan, 24th June

Ein barockes Schloss, Picknickdecken und Harmoniemusik – so lässt sich’s genießen! Die Styriarte trifft beim Konzert des Ensemble Zefiro mit Ambiente und musikalischer Qualität ins Schwarze.

****1

Ebullience and piquant timbres: Ensemble Zefiro

Simon Holden, 18th August

An evening made up of five Mozart divertimentos had its longueurs, but the Italian period instrument ensemble delighted the audience.

***11

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David Smythe

David the farmer was drawn into music through choirs, orchestras, taking part in and directing 'serious' opera as a student. Passionate about live classical music, particularly chamber opera, unusual pieces and events and giving the next generation the tools to engage with the classical world.