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Vivid intensity and profound expressivity: Vox Luminis explores the world of the 17th century Italian Stabat Mater at Wigmore Hall
Domenico Scarlatti painted in 1738 by Domingo Antonio VelascoStabat Mater: Lotti, Monteverdi, Domenico Mazzocchi, Alessandro Della Ciaia, Domenico Scarlatti; Vox Luminis; Wigmore HallReviewed 21 February 2024An imaginative programme that moved from an anonymous 13th century solo lai to the ten voices of Scarlatti's Stabat Mater, each work rendered with vivid intensity and profound expressivityThe vocal ensemble Vox Luminis returned to Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 21 February 2024 with Stabat Mater, a programme centred on Domenico Scarlatti's glorious ten-part Stabat Mater but which also took in an anonymous 13th century lai, Lamentation de la Vierge au Croix, Antonio Lotti's Crucifixus a8, Monteverdi's Adoramus te Christe and music by two lesser-known 17th century figures, Domenico Mazzocchi and Alessandro Della Ciaia, all focusing on the crucifixion and the lamentation of the Virgin at the foot of the cross.Vox Luminis fielded an ensemble of eleven singers, directed from within by artistic director and bass Lionel […]
South Florida Classical Review
2024-02-17 17:16:23
Just when it seems that Seraphic Fire has reached the pinnacle […]
2024-01-27 09:59:00
A winter week focusing on the piano yet hosted by an orchestra: intendant Numa Bischof Ullmann introduces Lucerne's Le Piano Symphonique & looks forward to the 2025 festival
[…] three years, the festival have been able to establish the brand and create a national week for the piano in Switzerland rather than just another festival.KKL, Luzern (Photo: KKL, Luzern)Whilst repertoire focuses very much on the piano classics, there are new discoveries alongside these (such as last year's Paderewski Piano Concerto, see my review) and new commissions. And Numa points out that he is not afraid of running out of repertoire, just look at Haydn, Scarlatti, Chopin or Liszt's keyboard works. He adds that he is not a completist, and would love to be able to include Alkan, Hahn, Faure, Pierné and so on. But they want to balance the known and the unknown, however they have no obligations or quotas, no strict quotas, simply a wish and a desire to create music.Also, Numa points out that repertoire should be driven by the artists who can deliver it, but there […]
2024-01-08 04:30:00
Miloš Baroque (CD Review)
by Karl NehringScarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K. 32 (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin); Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 439 “La Notte”: VI. Allegro (arr. for Guitar & Baroque Ensemble by Michael Lewin)*; Rameau: The Arts and the Hours (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin); Handel: Suite in B‐Flat Major, HWV 434: IV. Menuet (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin); Vivaldi: Concerto in B Minor, RV 580: I. Allegro (arr. for Guitar & Baroque Ensemble by Michael Lewin)*; Silvius Leopold Weiss: Passacaglia; Scarlatti: Sonata in F Minor, K. 466 (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin); Vivaldi: Concerto in B Minor, RV 580: III. Allegro (arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin)*; Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1004: Chaconne (arr. for Guitar); Alessandro Marcello: Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio (arr. for Guitar & Baroque Ensemble by Michael Lewin)*; Boccherini: Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G 448: IV. Fandango (arr. for Guitar & Baroque Ensemble by Michael […]
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