| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 1-Feb-2013 St George's Bristol | Not all Four Seasons are the same: Vivaldi and Telemann at St George's Bristol with the OAE |
 According to the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, “Not all orchestras are the same”. I’m not sure who doubts this rather obvious statement; but I’m certain I’m not alone in thinking the OAE to be a unique ensemble, and not just for the eccentricity of its name. Once again, this elite group of period instrumentalists delighted a St George’s audience, proving how alive and kicking Baroque music can be.Read full review... | |
| 3-Oct-2011 St John's Smith Square | St. John's Smith Square, Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/ Gardiner/ Debretzeni |
| Bach, Biber, St. John's Smith Square. Clever juxtapositions, and they worked. The programmer of this concert - by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Solists under Sir John Eliot Gardiner - had a neat thought, to place Bach's six Motets (BWV 225-230) into the former church in SW1. The building and the motets date from the same decade, the 1720's. Both are beautifully crafted, complex works of art which provide contexts for the act of worship. So far, so natural, then.
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