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Tag Archives: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Roll over Beethoven! Sir Roger Norrington parties like it’s 1985
Norrington/ Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Queen Elizabeth Hall, 28th January 2020 “Ta-daaaaaa!” There’s a wonderful publicity photograph of Sir Roger Norrington, holding his hands aloft as if a magician unveiling a new trick. The two fortissimo Ds punched … Continue reading
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Tagged Beethoven, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Roger Norrington
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Jolly hockey sticks! Orliński rules as Rinaldo at Glyndebourne
Handel: Rinaldo Glyndebourne, 8th August 2019 Rotten Romans, the first film inspired by Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories books which have brought the past alive for decades of schoolchildren, opened in cinemas a fortnight ago. If they ever decide to tackle … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Cedel, Bruno Ravella, Gideon Davey, Giulia Semenzato, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Handel, Jakub Józef Orliński, James Hall, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Maxim Emelyanchev, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Patrick Terry, Peter van Praet, Rinaldo, Robert Carsen, Tim Mead
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Spliced: Mozart, Magdalena and the OAE mix it up
Magdalena Kožená; The OAE/ Giovanni Antonini Royal Festival Hall, 4th February 2019 There was more than a touch of déjà vu at work this evening: the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment chopping up a classical symphony and splicing in … Continue reading
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Tagged Giovanni Antonini, Gluck, Haydn, Magdalena Kožená, Mozart, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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