Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
OAE/Schiff review – Mendelssohn deep dive is charged with energy and colour
OAE/Emelyanychev review – Grieg with guts but Sibelius stutters somewhat
The week in classical: Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci; OAE/ Suzuki: Christmas Oratorio; The Sixteen: Messiah – review
OAE/Suzuki review – Bach’s Christmas Oratorio breathtakingly performed with tangible elation
Semele review – outstanding mezzos enliven dour take on Handel’s tale of desire
Joélle Harvey and Jennifer Johnston are ravishing, and the chorus sensational, but Adele Thomas’s staging feels neither funny nor erotic enough for what is essentially a barbed Restoration comedy
The week in classical: Reich/Richter; St John Passion – review
The grand 2019 collaboration between Steve Reich and Gerhard Richter faced stiff competition from an Anna Clyne miniature
St John Passion review – Polyphony and OAE deliver an outstanding, vivid rendition
An extraordinarily moving Bach passion contained intensity, radiance and, from Nick Pritchard, the finest live account of the Evangelist this critic has heard
OAE/Bezuidenhout review – on an exemplary Mozart journey
With Kristian Bezuidenhout conducting from the fortepiano, this was a genial celebration of three works written in the year 1784
The week in classical: OAE, Bach’s Mass in B minor; Aurora Orchestra – review
A heckler heightened the atmosphere before a precise performance of Bach’s testing mass; and care home residents enjoyed a thrilling rendition of Beethoven’s Fifth in a truly resonant setting
OAE/Emelyanychev review – Camille Saint-Saëns interpreted with tautness and clarity
Emelyanychev sheds fresh light on the familiar, while superb solos culminate with an extraordinarily moving performance that seems to make time stand still
The week in classical: The Dream of Gerontius, Bach’s Mass in B minor and Nathan Laube at the Proms
Jamie Barton and Allan Clayton lead a dream Gerontius in a week of choral epics at the Proms. Elsewhere, deep listening and silence…
Alcina review – Handel’s enchanting opera glitters with retro glamour
Jane Archibald rises to the challenge as nightclub proprietor Alcina, as this lavish, campy production – with punchy playing by the OAE – transports the action to a 1960s Italian metropolis
OAE/Manacorda/Faust review – nimble brilliance and refined care
The week in classical: Theodora; OAE: Bach, the Universe and Everything – review
Benedetti/OAE/Cohen review – baroque prom programme brings subdued fun
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment violinists duetted with Nicola Benedetti in lively, playful Vivaldi concertos, which left Handel and Bach sounding a little tame
OAE/Fischer review – a new shape for late Mozart
The week in classical: Igor Levit; BBC SO/ Saraste; OAE/ Norrington – review
Prom 40: OAE/Hough review – a riot of orchestral colour
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth, Stephen Hough played Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No 1 on the monarch’s own piano with fuss-free finesse
The week in classical: Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel; Bach's St John Passion – review
OAE/Rattle/Sellars review – commitment and focus sharpen Bach's Passion
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