Emil Kreuz News
German musician
- viola, violin
- Germany
- conductor, composer
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2024-04-01 08:07:00
Moving intimacy and sense of communication: Bach's St Matthew Passion from the Academy of Ancient Music, music director Laurence Cummings and just eight singers
[…] 'So schlafen unsre Sünden ein' and having the chorale sung by just four singers makes a lot more sense of the work's chorale-based arias.George Humphreys made a dignified Christus, there was an innate nobility to his strength and whilst commanding he was also upright, imbuing his tone with darker colours as the drama progressed allied to a moving dignity and a sense of inner confidence. Humphreys brought moving dignity to the aria 'Komm, süßes Kreuz' with vivid viola da gamba playing from Reiko Ichise. In his final recitative, he was concentrated and centred, then in the aria 'Mache dich, mein Herze, rein' a fluid tempo combined with a centred, understated performance which brought Humphreys' fine performance as Christus to a moving conclusion.Anna Dennis was very intent in ' Ich will dir mein Herze schenken', conveying serious joy allied to distinctly perky oboes. For the lovely […]
2022-09-15 18:44:00
Wolfgang Rihm (b.1952): Vigilia for six voices and ensemble 1 Sonata I 2 ‘Tristis est anima mea’ 3 Sonata II 4 ‘Ecce vidimus cum non habentem speciem’ 5 Sonata III 6 ‘Velum templi scissum est’ 7 Sonata IV 8 ‘Tenebrae factae sunt’ 9 Sonata V 10 ‘Caligaverunt oculi mei a fletu meo’ 11 Sonata VI 12 ‘Recessit pastor noster 13 Sonata VII 14 ‘Aestimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum’ 15 ‘Miserere’ Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, in the string quartet arrangement 1 Introduzione: Maestoso ed adagio 2 Sonata I: ‘Pater, dimitte illis, non enim sciunt, quid faciunt’: Largo 3 Sonata II: ‘Amen, dico tibi: hodium mecum eris in paradiso’: Grave e cantabile 4 Sonata III ‘Mulier, ecce filius tuus, et tu, ecce mater tua!’: Grave 5 Sonata IV: ‘Eli, eli lama sabachthani’: Largo 6 Sonata V: ‘Sitio’: Adagio 7 Sonata VI: ‘Consummatum est!’: Lento 8 Sonata VII: ‘Pater! […]
2021-10-29 07:31:00
Terrific sense of achievement: Bach's St Matthew Passion from Scherzo Ensemble, The Strand Consort, Mozaique Baroque Ensemble and a team of young soloists
[…] playing, and overall a great sense of drama. Baritone Jack Comerford brought a great sense of character to his solos, and a lovely resonant tone. His aria at the end of Part 1 featured the nice contrast of serious intent and dancing rhythms. 'Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder!', taken at quite a lick, featured a violin solo of great elan (from the leader of orchestra 2), full of both poise and energy. In 'Komm, süßes Kreuz' we had more terrific viola da gamba playing along with Comerford's moving, concentrated performance. There was a slight orchestral hiccup at the start of 'Mache dich, mein Herze, rein', but once started Comerford, unphased, proved focused and resonant, profoundly moving and complemented by some lovely timbres and textures in the orchestra. Throughout the chorus sang with a lovely mellow, even tone and a great attention to the words. In the turbae there were moments […]
2021-07-21 06:43:35
Encounters: York Early Music Festival with Tudor motets, Elizabethan viol music, baroque cantatas and the madrigal re-imagined
[…] probably for his princely employer Köthen (for whom Bach did not have to write sacred music). We also heard three more pieces of Bach, the recitative Ich habe genug and aria Schlummert ein, familiar from a cantata written in Leipzig in 1727, but the slightly different version performed was earlier, from 1725 and found in Anna Magdalena Bach's notebook. There was also a delightful aria from the Coffee Cantata, and in complete contrast Komm, süsses Kreuz from the St Matthew Passion. Three arias from Handel's operas, Agrippina, Rinaldo and Imeneo ensured that the mood varied, created a fascinating journey between the two composers. My final dip into the festival was to explore the world of the Italian madrigal. Oliver Webber and the Monteverdi String Band were joined by soprano Hannah Ely and lutenist Toby Carr for The Madrigal Re-imagined, which gave us five snapshots of the Italian Renaissance madrigal in […]
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