| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2013 Birmingham Town Hall | Violins galore with Vivaldi, Bach and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Birmingham | Katherine Dixson, katherinedixson.co.uk |
 Marco Borggreve.jpg) What a lovely way to round off a weekend, with some feel-good favourites from one of the world’s finest early music ensembles. Currently in their silver jubilee season, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra actually began to emerge a couple of years earlier than their official 1987 launch. Several students from the College of Music in Freiburg, fortified and inspired by glasses of New Year sparkling wine, had decided to form a group to research, experiment and play on Baroque instruments.Read full review... | ||
| 30-Mar-2013 The Birnam Institute | An evening of classics in Birnam with Chamber Philharmonic Europe | David Smythe |
 The Chamber Philharmonic Europe is an orchestra of some sixty players from all over Europe, founded in Cologne in 2006. During this past month, ten of its players have been touring a popular classical programme round small venues across the country, taking classical music to the far-flung reaches of the kingdom. Heading south from concerts in Thurso and Inverurie, this performance found them in Birnam Arts Centre near Dunkeld, Scotland, where a decent crowd filled the hall.
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| 22-Feb-2013 Kings Place: Hall One | Bach Unwrapped: Carolyn Sampson and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Kings Place | Emily Owen |
 Tonight’s programme was a real treat for Bach enthusiasts: one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world performing two of the most popular concertos, joined by Carolyn Sampson for two heart-wrenching cantatas for soprano and obbligato flute. We started with Cantata 209, “Non sa che sia dolore”. The story behind this cantata is something of a mystery – no-one knows when or why Bach wrote it, or if indeed he was the composer. It may have been composed for Bach’s friend Matthias Gesner, who was born near the town of Ansbach which is referred to in the anonymous text.Read full review... | ||
| 27-Oct-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Looking Forward with Britten Sinfonia at the Barbican | Paul Kilbey |
 Rhydian Peters.jpg) Pleasantly enough, Britten Sinfonia went down a thoroughly unconventional route in celebrating their 20th birthday at the Barbican on Saturday, with a brilliantly varied range of new pieces mixing with chamber orchestra classics. With a stellar range of guests, they carried us along all the way from Purcell to Moondog, encapsulating the spirit of versatility and openness which makes the group what it is.
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| 2-Mar-2012 Perth Concert Hall (Horsecross) | Bach Collegium of Japan in Perth | David Smythe |
Marco Borggreve.jpg) James Waters, Director of Classical Music at Horsecross, explained that he had been waiting for two years to welcome the Bach Collegium of Japan to Perth Concert Hall, with its especially good acoustic for baroque music. It is certainly a major coup for Perth to secure these internationally famous players for a whole weekend residency in the town, particularly as it is their only appearance in the UK this year.
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| 3-Feb-2012 Église de Saanen, Saanen | Revelatory Bartók from Camerata Bern | David Karlin |
 If you go to enough concerts, it’s bound to happen to you every now and then: the programme includes a work that you weren’t particularly looking forward to, and the performers blow you away, utterly transforming your view of the piece. In this case, the performers were Camerata Bern and the work was Bartók’s Divertimento for strings.
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| 25-Sep-2011 St Mary's Parish Church | Dunedin Consort and Players | Alan Coady |
 The Closing Concert of the Lammermuir Festival took place in the historic St. Mary's Parish Church, Haddington – the site of John Knox's ordination as a Catholic priest, some years before the volte face which saw him spearheading the Scottish Reformation. An all-Baroque programme was presented by the Dunedin Consort, animatedly directed from the keyboard by John Butt. A noted baroque scholar and author, Butt also provided excellent programme notes on the evening's pieces.
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