Everything you could wish for in style and attack
Iestyn Davies 40th Birthday Concert, Wigmore Hall ...up-tempo Handelian swagger in three of the Opus 6 Concertos and the heavenly ‘Chaconne’ from Il
I initially thought it was a human voice
Orfeo ed Euridice, Edinburgh International Festival The 18th century-style oboe, bursting into song in the pastoral scene, was like an ecstatic sunburst -
Astonishing intensity
Orfeo ed Euridice, Usher Hall, Edinburgh International Festival Much of the most intense music-making came not from the singers but from the players
Sweet enchanting harmony
Orfeo ed Euridice, Edinburgh International Festival There was indeed - as per part of the aria’s translation -‘sweet, enchanting harmony’ displayed in the
a Vespers which wrung every grain of dramatic force…
Monteverdi Vespers (1610) Cummings’s jumping exuberance (while managing to play the harpsichord and organ continuo as well) set the tone for a Vespers which wrung
Perfect from the first note to the last
Orpheus of Princes, Wigmore Hall From the musical point of view, for me the concert was perfect from the first note to the
In conversation with Lucy Crowe
We met with Lucy Crowe during our recording of Rodelinda. We talked about what she got up to during lockdown, our upcoming programme, Handel
Handel – Ritorna, oh Caro
Lucy Crowe performs this stunning aria from Handel's Rodelinda, capturing the sense of loss exquisitely, begging for the return of
Marcello – Oboe Concerto in D Minor
There are not many instrumental pieces that are as beautifully poignant as this one. Katharina Spreckelsen performs here the second
Bach – Chaconne | Nadja Zwiener
Nadja Zwiener, leader of The English Concert, performs Bach's mighty Chaconne from his Partita for solo violin in D Minor
Handel – Passacaille – Kristian Bezuidenhout
The passacaille dance takes its name from the Spanish dance pasacalle (literally walk-about). It presents a wonderful series of inventions over
Bach – Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe – Kristian Bezuidenhout
Bach's reserves some of his most beautiful music for the moment of death. In this video, Katharina Spreckelsen performs the
