Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted
In “Solomon,” performed elegantly at Carnegie Hall by the English Concert and Clarion Choir under Harry Bicket, the chorus is the star.
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In “Solomon,” performed elegantly at Carnegie Hall by the English Concert and Clarion Choir under Harry Bicket, the chorus is the star.
The English Concert recreates Handel’s 1749 fundraising concert, including a piece celebrating relations with Europe. Sound familiar?
Recreation of the composer’s benefit concert for the Foundling Hospital was beautifully delivered
Beethoven’s great choral work was vivid and electrifying in this Proms performance, with soloists Lucy Crowe and Giovanni Sala particularly impressive
A crazy masterpiece cuts like a knife through Albert Hall haze. Classical music review by David Nice