A review, in Tweets, of the opening concert of Cambridge Music Festival 2014
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12 November
A review, in Tweets, of the opening concert of Cambridge Music Festival 2014 (@cammusicfest), given at King's College Chapel (@Kings_College) by its choir (@ChoirOfKingsCam) and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (@theoae) under Stephen Cleobury, with soloists Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Susanna Hurrell (soprano), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), and Ben Appl (bass)
A lovely afternoon with Richard @AAMorchestra Egarr's @harmoniamundi two-disc Goldberg Variations (BWV 988), then Bach at @cammusicfest !
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014A photo from rehearsals earlier this afternoon for our concert of Bach now underway in the Chapel! pic.twitter.com/IbDqqhEJZS
— King's College Choir (@ChoirOfKingsCam) November 12, 2014The @cammusicfest concert at @Kings_College Chapel gave us the aetherialaria Auchmitgedämpften, schwachenStimmen(BWV 36) - as in Heaven
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major (BWV 1047) at @cammusicfest : the Andante had the simplicity of the truly divine, woodwind and strings
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014At @cammusicfest, James Gilchrist's vivid interpretation of Cantata IcharmerMensch, ichSündenknecht(BWV 55) shared another Erbarmedich
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014Some glorious playing throughout @theoae's performance this evening at @ConcertsatKings during @cammusicfest, not least from leader Ken Aiso
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014Joyous finale to the all-Bach @theoae / @cammusicfest concert at @Kings_College Chapel in his Magnificat(BWV 243) : the sense of a whole ->
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014-> The vocal soloists, singly and combined, worked well, the men and boys of @ChoirOfKingsCam were strong, and @theoae assured good feeling
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014At @yorkearlymusic, another chance to hear @theoae on Friday 12 December : remembering their energetic bass, and lively organ, oboes, flutes
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014Though, in fact, the organ, which Bach uses superbly well in the Magnificat, would have been played by an Organ Scholar of @Kings_College...
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Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)
