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27 March
Tuesday 27 March ~ St John Passion :
Fabulous performance of Bach's St John Passion with @ChoirOfKingsCam, @benparrymusic and @nickmulroy last night. Now onto rehearsals for our second performance @BarbicanCentre on Friday https://t.co/ImjlEcjdcq pic.twitter.com/PZXwcaaryP
— AAM (@AAMorchestra) March 28, 2018
At @ConcertsatKings at Easter once more - as Ben Parry stands in for Stephen Cleobury, the remarkable opening of St John Passion is even more striking. Lovely soprano aria from Anna Dennis !— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) March 27, 2018
Apart from Anna Dennis' excellent German diction, both Arias were highpoints of each Part (as well as those of @Yorksbass (William Gaunt) and David Allsopp (counter-tenor) in Part II), so raiding YouTube :https://t.co/MwEfs3tinlhttps://t.co/XfXJUiUCgDhttps://t.co/5thifyqQIj https://t.co/DqLHehobkh— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) March 28, 2018
That would have said (but Twitter on a Samsung mobile is less flexible) @benparrymusic and @SJCleobury :— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) March 27, 2018
Good to see the latter able to attend to hear a really tight configuration of @AAMorchestra under the leadership of @BojanCicic, who's both a nice guy and a great violinist ! https://t.co/DqLHehobkh
The list goes on, with Judith Evans, rock steady on bass, but given spikiness in this performance, and excellent bassoon from Alexandre Salles - in the swell of that opening Chorus (by contrast, envisaging the sweet farewell of the final Chorus and Chorale), so much was audible !— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) March 27, 2018
Wednesday 28 March ~ Recital by Joy Lisney (cello) and James Lisney (piano) :
A pleasure again - nearly said a joy - to hear cellist @JoyLisney and her pianist father @jameslisney play together, but for the first time at @Kings_College !
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) March 28, 2018
[Joy played Bach* and Britten solo, and he joined her for Beethoven's Opus 69 Sonata and Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel**.]
In a pause between the Beethoven Sonata and Britten Suite for solo cello, several people commented what a good duo they made, with @jameslisney going so far beyond technical performance of the piano part : his playing was often filigree and light, and the Scherzo seemed like fun. https://t.co/eAxALTRnX9
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) March 28, 2018
As Joy plays, the music and its possibilities are really open to her (as, from the front row at @snapemaltings, one sees Pierre-Laurent Aimard's (PLA's) surprised or moved reaction to the score), and one senses and hears her realize what she is feeling :https://t.co/V51L8q3itp pic.twitter.com/KsZ8LTl4xl
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) March 28, 2018
* Taken from Bach's Partita for Solo Violin No. 2, BWV 1004, but in an arrangement by @JoyLisney (who is also a composer, and conductor).
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) March 28, 2018
** Less loosely than Arvo Pärt's equally celebrated Fratres ('authorized versions' exist), Spiegel im Spiegel was originally for violin & pf.
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Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)
