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• Baroque Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Bach and Telemann: Academy of Ancient Music at Milton Court review *****

  Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Cicic (director and violin), Rachel Brown (flute and recorder), Rachel Beckett (recorder), Alistair Ross (harpsichord)  Bach and Telemann: Reversed Fortunes, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7th December 2017 I see I am now close to being a Academy of Ancient Music groupie. Not in a sinister…

  December 13, 2017
• Baroque Classical Music Culture London

  Australian Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall review ****

  Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (director), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Royal Festival Hall, 3rd November 2017 Bach The Art of Fugue Contrapunctus 1 to 4 Mozart Piano Concerto 15 Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Octet Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence There is something truly thrilling about watching a group of string players,…

  November 11, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Fretwork at the Wigmore Hall review ****

  Fretwork (Asako Morikawa, Joanna Levine, Sam Stadlen, Emily Ashton, Richard Boothby) Wigmore Hall, 18th September 2017 JS Bach – The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus I-XI, XIV Fretwork are one of those marvellous groups of dedicated adventurers who have brought Early, Renaissance and Baroque music back to life. There was…

  September 29, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin at the Wigmore Hall review *****

  Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck Wigmore Hall, 29th June 2017 JS Bach – Suite No 2 in A Minor BWV 1067a JS Bach – Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042 JS Bach – Violin Concerto in A Minor BWV 1041 CPE Bach – String Symphony…

  July 7, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Murray Perahia at the Barbican Hall review ***

  Murray Perahia Barbican Hall, 11th June 2017 J S Bach – French Suite No 6 in E major, BWV 817 Schubert – 4 Impromptus Op 142, D 935 Mozart – Rondo in A minor, K 511 Beethoven -Sonata No 32 in C minor, Op 111 Murray Perahia is a great…

  June 20, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Richard Goode at the Royal Festival Hall review ****

  Richard Goode Royal Festival Hall, 31st May 2017 JS Bach – Partita No 6 BWV 830 Chopin – Nocturne Op 62/1 Chopin – Mazurka Op 41/3 Chopin – Mazurka Op 41/4 Chopin – Mazurka – Op 50/3 Chopin – Polonaise-Fantasie Op 61 Beethoven – Sonata No 28 Op 101 Beethoven…

  June 4, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at St John’s Smith Square review ****

  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: The Brandenburgs St John’s Smith Square, 2nd May 2017 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 JS Bach. Tick. Brandenburg Concertos.…

  May 9, 2017
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  Bach’s St John Passion at the Barbican Hall review ****

  Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices Barbican Hall, 14th April 2017 Britten Sinfonia Mark Padmore – Evangelist/director Jacqueline Shave –  leader/director Simon Russell Beale – speaker Britten Sinfonia Voices JS Bach – St John’s Passion They were a glum looking bunch these great classical composers weren’t they? It is alright for us with…

  April 24, 2017