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Concert Review: A ‘Rococo Repast’ from Musicians of the American Classical Orchestra
Musicians of the ACO enveloped us in the pure joy of sweet-sounding, often deeply inspired chamber music of the Rococo period by J.C. Bach, Michael Haydn, and Mozart.
Read More »Concert Review: American Classical Orchestra – ‘Magnificently Mozart’
A period-instrument concert revealed Mozart and Beethoven as they were heard in their own time, including a concerto played on the fortepiano.
Read More »Concert Review: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Xenia Löffler, Georg Kallweit
Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, and – Johann Bernhard Bach? Akamus opened its concert by showing us that J.S. Bach and his sons weren't the only musical Bach-family members.
Read More »Concert Review: Australian Haydn Ensemble – Haydn, Mozart, J.C. Bach on Period Instruments
The AHE brought brio, bright colors, and a well-balanced period-instrument sound to Carnegie Hall on its U.S. tour.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): American Classical Orchestra and ACO Chorus – ‘RENEW,’ Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (5 April 2022)
Who better than the American Classical Orchestra and Chorus to bring us J.S. Bach on period instruments?
Read More »Concert Review: American Classical Orchestra – ‘Eroica’ (NYC, 17 May 2019)
Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony was a jubilant finish to the American Classical Orchestra's season under Thomas Crawford, showing their mastery of, and ardent feeling for, the classical repertoire.
Read More »Concert Review: Juilliard415 with Rachel Podger – Virtuoso Concertos of the Italian Baroque (NYC 10/16/2016)
With polished young performers on many different instruments at her disposal, Podger presented a wide range of music that featured flutes, oboes, and bassoon as well as strings.
Read More »Concert Review: American Classical Orchestra with Pianist Jiayan Sun – All-Beethoven Concert, NYC (September 10, 2015)
With rich harmonics, thrilling tension, and remarkable spatial awareness, the ACO made a thoroughly convincing case for how worthwhile it is to make the effort to present works like Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 with original instruments.
Read More »Concert Review: The American Classical Orchestra Plays Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert on Period Instruments (March 12 2015)
The contrast between classical-period instruments and modern ones is a bit like that between an original vinyl recording and a CD remastering.
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