#brecon baroque

[lennylistenslots]

to Rachel Podger, repeatedly. Everything she plays is lovely and energetic and meaningful (but in a good way) , but this is my new favourite version of the Four Seasons and the Largo from Winter? Sounds like it was written yesterday. Vivaldi wrote for guitars too, and the changed emphasis in the accompaniment (it's not usually so light) gives a very guitarish feel.

[thriftycritic]

Rachel Podger and the Brecon Baroque at Malvern Theatres

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

Rachel Podger and the Brecon Baroque have risen to modest prominence in recent years, and Podger’s 2018 disc ‘The Four Seasons’ saw her named as the Gramophone Artist of the Year. Alongside a number of other classics from ‘The Red Priest’, including Sonata Al Santo Sepolcro in E Flat Major, and Concerto in G minor RV156, ‘The Four Seasons’ was performed with characteristic panache and aplomb. Podger’s bow floats fluidly and effortlessly above the strings in what was a traditional canonical interpretation, sans amplification, with the occasional witty little twiddle and flourish. Her ensemble, delightfully and smilingly in league with her at every turn, show great skill, too: the Brecon Baroque form an exquisitely evolved musical organism with a single beating heart. And what a marvelous, mellifluous beast it is…

http://www.rachelpodger.com/

https://www.malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/rachel-podger-brecon-baroque-2/

[smanyach]

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