Brandenburgs!

I had the chance to hear, and review, Apollo's Fire's latest concerts, featuring Bach Brandenburgs 1, 2 and 5. So many NEW experiences of some very familiar works!


Want to know more? Check my review at ClevelandClassical.com.


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Trio sonatas and other delights

Oberlin's a tiny place that also happens to hold many of the world's joys. Great libraries, art museum, residents, students -- and visitors. Two recent visitors brought great Baroque music -- with two of my good friends who live here!


If that's enough of a teaser, link over to ClevelandClassical to read more:
Review
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Early Music -- Cleveland

It's astonishing, the wealth of early music performances at a high level in the Cleveland area. There's Oberlin, of course (more soon on that). There's Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell's prolific 20-year old baby. There's the relative newby, Debra Nagy's Les Délices, specializing in oboe and French music. And now, Burning River Baroque. I'm not sure I'm happy about the name (memories of the OLD Cleveland!), but the group is promising and fun.

My review of their concert this weekend is here, at Cleveland Classical.

Sunday in London

Three highlights today:

First: Manet (and more) at the Courtauld.



Second: strange sighting of Queen Victoria at Guildhall.




Third: a compressed, intense and fully committed performance of 'the Duchess of Malfi' on fringe theatre. This is the mad duke with his sister the duchess. You don't want to know what he's on about.