Britain’s Orpheus – Press Release
The English Concert with artistic director Harry Bicket is delighted to announce a series of concerts from 1-15 October 2020. The concerts take place
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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
