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Tag Archives: Telemann
Geneva Camerata: Balkan fire, tepid Baroque
Geneva Camerata/Greilsammer *** Kings Place, 19th May 2016 When classically-trained musicians break the shackles of the printed score and enter the realms of world music and improvisation, the results don’t always convince. Blinded by freedom, they can freeze. The good … Continue reading
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Tagged David Greilsammer, Geneva Camerata, Gilad Harel, JCF Bach, JS Bach, King's Place, Telemann, Vivaldi
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Many strings to their bows: Rachel Podger and the OAE
Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Pisendel: Rachel Podger/OAE **** St John’s Smith Square, 24th November 2015 The closure of the Queen Elizabeth Hall for renovation is great news for St John’s Smith Square, with many recitals and period instrument bands being relocated … Continue reading
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Tagged JS Bach, Kati Debretzeni, Margaret Faultless, Matthew Truscott, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Pisendel, Rachel Podger, Telemann, Vivaldi
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PSM3: Coffeehouse Baroque: Apollo’s Fire polished at the Proms
A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse: Apollo’s Fire/Ibragimova *** Cadogan Hall, 15th August 2015 The magic of the Proms – or at least some magical programming – transported us to mid-18th century Leipzig; to Gottfried Zimmermann’s Coffeehouse, to be precise, for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alina Ibragimova, Apollo's Fire, BBC Proms, CPE Bach, Jeanette Sorrell, JS Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi
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