| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 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... | |
| 17-Jan-2013 St John's Co-Cathedral | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment pays a tribute to Maltese Baroque music in Valletta |
The main course of the sumptuous feast, under the title of the Valletta International Baroque Festival, arrived on 17 January. The fare was an international favourite with a Maltese surprise.
The concert, the eighth in the series, was given by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the magnificent setting of the ornate St John’s Co-Cathedral.
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| 10-Mar-2012 Birmingham Town Hall | Beautiful Bach in Birmingham with the OAE |
If you love Bach – and who doesn’t? – Birmingham was the place to be this weekend, for a delicious series of concerts, lectures and discoveries at the Town Hall and Symphony Hall under the heading ‘Bach: A Beautiful Mind’. For Laurence Cummings, it was a chance to come home, as he was brought up in the city and reminisced about his previous Town Hall performance, playing double bass at age 18 with the Midland Youth Orchestra.
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| 17-Nov-2011 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder: Beethoven Symphony no.4 |
Continuing the Hallé’s project of juxtaposing Beethoven symphonies with modern works, the underrated fourth symphony was flanked by works by Helen Grime and Igor Stravinsky, with an intriguingly placed Bach Suite closing the concert.
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