Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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The Japanese conductor got into the swing with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a performance of slow-burning, propulsive energy
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Stephen Cleobury led the King’s Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment through a passionate performance of Fauré, with stellar singing throughout
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Our critic’s pick of what not to miss at the Proms, from a face-off between Germany’s finest to concert opera from Karita Mattila, a host of intriguing premieres, and treats beyond the Albert Hall
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Eric Richmond has been photographing the Orchestra of Enlightenment for 21 years. A retrospective of his distinctive work for the period orchestra is at the Royal Festival Hall, London, from 4-8 June. We present a few of our favourite shots, with Eric’s captions.
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Scottish Opera’s Rusalka is a gripping triumph, the OAE make Mahler their own, and the new Proms programme causes a stir…
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Vladimir Jurowski’s unshowy reading of Mahler’s Second Symphony as the composer might have heard it offered a wealth of detail
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The iconoclastic Roger Norrington may have mellowed, but he turned Beethoven’s second symphony into a bubbling, rasping dynamo
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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s approach is unconventional and Marin Alsop and the OAE backed her all the way, but her unmediated intensity brought Kurtág and Schumann’s music alive
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A Telemann and Handel programme found the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on top form, with Ian Bostridge’s expressive voice a high point
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With the OAE and the Choir of Enlightenment aboard, this project dusts off a rare gem
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Singers and musicians navigate Bach’s St Matthew Passion with great balance and communication – and no conductor
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A rethought New World Symphony and exceptional Brahms were not compromised by a dancing intruder who took the selfie to end all selfies
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Vladimir Jurowski’s latest concert with the OAE offered further insight into the composer’s work, writes Tim Ashley
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A partnership with guest director Richard Tognetti brings zest and brilliance to the OAE, writes Rian Evans
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The OAE and a cast in impressive voice conveyed the drama of the Roman arena in a concert outing of Donizetti’s forgotten grand opera, writes Erica Jeal
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Conductor François-Xavier Roth kept up his reputation for quirky programming with a fascinating but flawed symphony by the ‘French Beethoven’, writes Tim Ashley
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From cannabis concerts to blindfolded audiences, orchestras are engaging audiences in exciting new ways
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Simon Rattle's searching, driving conducting of Hadyn's oratorio and the orchestra's inspired response exceeded expectations, writes Erica Jeal
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A classy cast and some wonderfully idiomatic conducting brought Rameau's exercise in pastoral to ravishing life, writes Tim Ashley
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The beauty and refined melancholy of Offenbach's flawed masterpiece shone through in Opera Rara's concert revival, writes Tim Ashley
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The restoration of Offenbach's Fantasio for this Sunday's performance – its first in nearly a century and a half – is real-life tale of failure, tragedy and, ultimately, triumph, writes Jean-Christophe Keck
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An early work by Mendelssohn proves no lost masterpiece, despite the skilful playing of Ya-Fei Chuang and Robert Levin, writes George Hall
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William Christie and the OAE thrill with 'shocking' works by Handel and Rameau, sung exquisitely by Sandrine Piau, writes Tim Ashley
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The multi-award-winning violinist hunts for any clue to bring works to life, even reading composers' love letters, she tells Anna Picard
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It was Marin Alsop's period-instrument performance of Brahms's German Requiem that elevated this concert into something special, writes Martin Kettle
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Conductor Stephen Layton draws crisp singing and playing from his choir and orchestra on this excellent recording, writes Stephen Pritchard
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Christie's ability to give conjure up ceremonial grandeur, tender intimacy and rhythmic variety may be sleight of hand from the greatest Rameau interpreter of our time, but it's totally compelling, writes Andrew Clements
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The orchestra sounded energised and mercurial, both in their instrumental pieces and when accompanying arias from works on which Hunt Lieberson put her stamp, writes Erica Jeal
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Butt's virtuosity was almost nonchalant and, throughout the evening, all his vast authority was imparted with a humility worthy of Bach himself, says Rian Evans
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This stellar recording is impeccable, writes Fiona Maddocks
Topics
- Classical music
- Opera
- Proms
- Proms 2016
- Mark Elder
- JS Bach
- Festivals
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- George Frideric Handel
- Gustav Holst
- Marin Alsop
- Vladimir Jurowski
- Simon Rattle
- Daniel Barenboim
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Immersive theatre
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Music festivals
- Proms 2014
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