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Bath Mozartfest, I want to be your friend

Posted on January 25, 2012 by vhk10

Or rather, my family would like to buy me ‘Friendship’ of the Bath Mozartfest, which gets you priority booking, an invitation to a party and the warm glow of knowing you’re helping to support this festival. This started as a … Continue reading →

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Bath Mozartfest 2011 (4): the Hallé

Posted on December 26, 2011 by vhk10

The final Mozartfest event attended by family members was the concert in the Forum given by the Hallé Orchestra. There was a brief talk at the beginning which addressed the question of whether the orchestra had performed in Bath before; … Continue reading →

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Bath Mozartfest 2011 (3): Padmore/Watkins/Drake and Grace Francis

Posted on December 23, 2011 by vhk10

We snapped up a few tickets while the Festival was in progress and so ended up going to lots of concerts. Some of the family went to hear Mark Padmore in the Guildhall accompanied by Julius Drake and alongside Richard … Continue reading →

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Bath Mozartfest 2011 (2): Imogen Cooper and the Sitkovetsky Trio

Posted on December 23, 2011 by vhk10

Some family members went to hear Imogen Cooper (a regular at festivals in Bath) playing at the Assembly Rooms. As a pupil of Alfred Brendel’s, she is very much in the same tradition of unshowy interpretation.  The least successful piece … Continue reading →

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Bath Mozartfest 2011 (1): The Sixteen

Posted on December 22, 2011 by vhk10

My first Mozartfest concert was The Sixteen in Bath Abbey. Having missed their ‘choral pilgrimage’ when it came to Wells a few weeks ago I wanted to catch them especially as they were doing Purcell. Purcell is in fact a … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2010: Monteverdi’s aspect ratio

Posted on November 23, 2010 by vhk10

Others in the family made it to one of the central performances of the Mozartfest, Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players’ interpretation of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. This was quite a marathon as it was given without an … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2010: two chamber music concerts

Posted on November 21, 2010 by vhk10

There was the usual attractive programme for the 2010 Bath Mozartfest, and between us we went to three concerts. First up was the Belcea Quartet with Julian Rachlin on viola, for which we bought what must have been the last … Continue reading →

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Bath Mozartfest 2009

Posted on November 21, 2009 by vhk10

Between us we attended four concerts at this year’s Bath Mozartfest. There were quite a few others we might have gone to, including Mozart’s Requiem in Bath Abbey, which some people I know were singing in and which caused me … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2008

Posted on November 26, 2008 by vhk10

We liked the programme for this year’s Mozartfest and got to four concerts. The Nash Ensemble just brought their string players this time. I enjoyed the Mozart (G minor string quintet) and Strauss (prelude to Capriccio) in the first half, … Continue reading →

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Leif Segerstam conducts

Posted on December 4, 2007 by vhk10

On the second Saturday morning of the Mozartfest I heard the Belcea Quartet perform Haydn (op. 77 no.1), Ravel’s quartet and Mozart’s clarinet quartet. The highlight of this was the wonderful stillness of some of the quiet passages in the … Continue reading →

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What’s a lady like me doing in a joint like this?

Posted on December 4, 2007 by vhk10

So asked Felicity Lott at the end of the recital in Bath’s Guildhall. I bet she saves that particular encore for all the plushest, most chandelier-laden venues. Many of the songs in her programme of Mozart, Strauss, Barber and Poulenc … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2006

Posted on November 22, 2006 by vhk10

This came and went last week. I imagine it was financially a great success because many of the concerts sold out. In fact the piano recital by Alfred Brendel sold out as soon as postal booking opened, if not before … Continue reading →

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