The soprano voice clearly inspired both Bach and Handel, those two exact contemporaries who were otherwise so different in temperament. For Bach, the voice could embody a sort of etherial purity but also provide considerable virtuosity and rhetorical energy. For Handel the soprano could be the medium for heartbreaking passion, as in ‘Alpestre Monte’, but […]
The soprano voice clearly inspired both Bach and Handel, those two exact contemporaries who were otherwise so different in temperament. For Bach, the voice could embody a sort of etherial purity but also provide considerable virtuosity and rhetorical energy. For Handel the soprano could be the medium for heartbreaking passion, as in ‘Alpestre Monte’, but […]
The soprano voice clearly inspired both Bach and Handel, those two exact contemporaries who were otherwise so different in temperament. For Bach, the voice could embody a sort of etherial purity but also provide considerable virtuosity and rhetorical energy. For Handel the soprano could be the medium for heartbreaking passion, as in ‘Alpestre Monte’, but […]
Dunedin Consort's interpretation of Bach's Matthew Passion is now an established highlight of Edinburgh's concert calendar. As Bach did, we use eight solo voices in place of a the more common large chorus, generating a kaleidoscopic range of vocal combinations and sonorities. We combine these voices with the supremely expressive sounds of our period instruments, […]
Fresh from the release of our latest recording, Bach's Violin Concertos, we are thrilled to start April with a spring in our step by continuing to celebrate Bach's masterful string compositions with the help of Jonathan Manson, Dunedin Consort's principal cellist. Jonathan is one of Europe’s leading performers on both cello and viola da gamba and his […]
Jonathan Manson, cello John Butt, speaker Jonathan Manson’s solo playing has lit up the Dunedin Consort’s performances of the Bach Passions. Here he plays two of Bach’s great cello suites and, as a bonus, discusses with John Butt whether these suites may have in fact been written by Bach’s wife, Anna Magdalena.
Jonathan Manson’s solo playing has lit up the Dunedin Consort’s performances of the Bach Passions. Here he plays three of Bach’s great cello suites.
Handel – Messiah (original version, Dublin 1742) Handel was greatly inspired by the Scriptural text of his famous oratorio exploring the nature of divinity: ‘I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself.’ John Butt and the Dunedin Consort, admired for their fresh and revealing approaches to Baroque masterworks, […]
Following the success of their Gramophone Award winning recording of Mozart's Requiem, the Dunedin Consort returns to Spain with a programme that includes his Solemn Vespers and the fizzling CPE Bach Cello concerto in A Major.
The Dunedin Consort led by John Butt made their dazzling debut at the Handel Festival in 2012 with Handel’s Messiah. Once again, Butt will be entrusting this performance of the Cannons version (1718) of Handel’s Acis and Galatea to his wonderful ensemble as well as an outstanding array of singers headed by Joanne Lunn, Nicholas […]
