| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2013 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Scottish Chamber Orchestra celebrate Britten with Purcell |
 Endeavouring to travel lightly through the world, I tend not to collect programme notes. However, such was the quality of Jo Kirkbride’s notes for this SCO Britten centenary celebration that scanning them for e-posterity is tempting. They prompted a consideration of the whole idea of programming. A structured evening’s listening is an entirely different thing from an evening’s will-o’-the-wisp home listening, and it can be greatly enhanced by coherent notes from a single source.
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| 8-Feb-2013 University of Southampton: Turner Sims | The Academy of Ancient Music master Bach's Orchestral Suites in Southampton |
 Today it is thought that J.S. Bach’s chamber and ensemble music, including the four Orchestral Suites, date from his time in Leipzig from the 1720s onwards. When all the Orchestral Suites (BWV1066–1069) are put together, their inventive and varied nature is evident. The suites make great use of all ensemble instruments and incorporate a range of structures, as well as internal forms and dances.Read full review... | |
| 3-Jul-2012 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | Richard Egarr and the AAM at Robeco Zomerconcerten |
 The Academy of Ancient Music has been critically acclaimed in pursuing Baroque composers’ original stylistic intent, and this gave tonight’s concert the prospect of a faithful look into the period of 1650-1750. Here are a few of my highlights from this varied Robeco Summer Concert in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
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| 2-Jun-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | By royal appointment: Handel in Birmingham with the Academy of Ancient Music |
 How’s this for an original way of displaying one’s celebratory Union Flag? Strapped to the top of one’s contrabassoon! Apart from the absence of the National Anthem and horseracing, this concert gave us the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend in a nutshell, encompassing the solemnity and sovereignty of all four of Handel’s Coronation Anthems, the exuberance of the Music for the Royal Fireworks, and the pomp and pageantry of the Water Music.
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