| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2013 St John's Co-Cathedral | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment pays a tribute to Maltese Baroque music in Valletta | Anthony Hart |
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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| 16-Jun-2012 Truro Cathedral | The Three Spires and the Three Bachs: A Magnificat Evening | Lucy Armstrong |
| Celebrating the music of an iconic family that bridged the height of the Baroque period with the Classical era, conductor Christopher Gray and his Three Spires Singers set the evening ablaze with J.S. Bach's Magnificat and two works by the composer's prodigious children: the Sinfonia Concertante in A by J.C. Bach and C.P.E Bach's exuberant Magnificat. Read full review... | ||
| 21-Apr-2012 Sage: Hall One | Northern Sinfonia and Chorus deliver Mozart, Bach, Lang and masses of fun | Jane Shuttleworth |
Between them, Mozart and Bach wrote what is to my mind some of the happiest music in the repertoire, and the works performed in this concert by Northern Sinfonia and Chorus reminded us that great music doesn’t have to be solemn, or deliver a serious message – sometimes it’s about having as much fun as possible.
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| 15-Dec-2011 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Messiaen and Bach at Carnegie Hall | Stephen Raskauskas |
Robert Spano conducted the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus in an ambitious concert in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. The results were as mixed as the programming, which featured J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 and Magnificat, alongside Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine.
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| 22-May-2010 Trinity United Reformed Church | Chiltern Camerata with the Chiltern Consort at the Wycombe Arts Festival | Dick Morbey |
This splendid programme rightly attracted a fair sized audience to this fine church on this beautiful evening. Starting with Zadok the Priest, the best known of the four coronation anthems by Handel, the choir, although numbering under 20 voices, produced an initial impact which was to set the tone for the rest of the concert. Their attack, featuring both tonal and dynamic precision, was thrilling and gave the orchestra a wonderful base upon which to add their own contribution. In this, the excellent trumpet playing of Malcolm Knapp and Alison Davidson was worthy of note.
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