{"id":82,"date":"2012-04-14T10:34:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T09:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=82"},"modified":"2012-04-14T10:34:51","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T09:34:51","slug":"baroque-opera-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"Baroque Opera Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Holy Trinity Church Hastings Sun April 1<\/p>\n

Baroque music originated, so the reference books say, as after-dinner entertainment in the drawing-rooms of stately home.<\/p>\n

So when the recently-formed but thriving Baroque Opera Live<\/em> found their stately home at the church of Holy Trinity with the ‘after-dinner’ provided by the delicious refreshments after the performance, they were carrying on the tradition.\u00a0 The difference from the two or three artistes of the original era, the hundred-and-fifty years from 1600 to the demise of Bach and Haydn, was that this Baroque was by a group of brightly-gowned ladies and a significant number of gentlemen.<\/p>\n

The ensemble opened with Handel’s Awake the Trumpets<\/em> followed by O Sacred Head Now Wounded<\/em> conducted by the group’s Director Duncan Reid with Nigel Howard on the organ.<\/p>\n

With Duncan on piano, from Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion<\/em> soprano Linda Westcott sang Bleed Dear Heart.<\/em> A seasonal offering came from Linda Grace, one of the group’s founders, with Tell me quickly, Where is my Saviour<\/em> from Bach’s 1736 Easter Oratorio.<\/p>\n

More familiar was Purcell’s Fairest Isle<\/em> sung by tenor Douglas Edwards with Jonathan Swift on ‘cello and Nigel Howard on harpsichord, followed by Cindy and Hebe Gilham with his lesser-known\u00a0 Sweet Delights of Spring.<\/em><\/p>\n

The ensemble returned with Wiliam Boyce’s ‘Tis Better to Laugh than Cry<\/em>, and baritone John Cobb’s robust rendering of Plenty, Peace & Pleasure Fly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Aisla Vinson implored us to Weep No More my Heart<\/em>, before Linda Grace’s Nisi Dominus<\/em> by Vivaldi, a name always associated with Baroque, and more Purcell from Linda Westcott. The recital closed to prolonged applause with more Vivaldi and Praise and Thanks<\/em> from Bach’s Easter Oratorio.<\/p>\n

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