{"id":9404,"date":"2013-01-31T23:40:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T04:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=9404"},"modified":"2013-01-31T23:40:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T04:40:44","slug":"concert-review-tafelmusik-and-sandrine-piau-make-for-a-magnetic-musical-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/01\/31\/concert-review-tafelmusik-and-sandrine-piau-make-for-a-magnetic-musical-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert review: Tafelmusik and Sandrine Piau make for a magnetic musical connection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tafelmusik may have had a spectacular guest in Sandrine Piau on Thursday night, but the period-instrument orchestra stepped up its own game accordingly to create a memorable night of fine baroque music.<\/p>\n

The threads that bound the evening at Trinity-St Paul’s Centre together were clear rhetoric and magnetic connection.<\/p>\n

The rhetoric came from expression shaped with the utmost care from everyone involved. It also came from beautifully written music.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the work of people like Piau, we’re becoming more and more familiar with baroque vocal showpieces by Antonio Vivaldi. Her treat from this prolific composer was a sacred motet, “In furore iustissimae irae,” RV 626.<\/p>\n

The piece was not only a great vehicle for her elaborate coloratura technique, but also a means to convey contrasting emotional messages. The soprano was mesmerising.<\/p>\n

Piau also didn’t disappoint in a set of Handel arias, finished off with a grand flourish in the florid “Da Tempeste” from Giulio Cesare<\/em>. The soprano’s artistry is so all-encompassing that an audience member has no choice but to return it in kind with unwavering attention.<\/p>\n

(She obliged the ecstatic audience with two encores — “Tornami a vagheggiar” from Alcina<\/em> and “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo<\/em> — and could have kept singing all night, as far as we were concerned.)<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik, under the leadership of music director Jeanne Lamon, was an impeccable accompanist. But that was only the beginning of the orchestra’s contribution.<\/p>\n

It brought two little-heard suites to the programme: one in French-style in G minor by Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690-1758) and a foot-tapping one set in F major by Francesco Veracini (1690-1768).<\/p>\n

Both composers were born in Italy, but worked in Germany. Both pieces were filled with examples of invention and careful craft — as well as beautiful music.<\/p>\n

The music that really cemented the tenor of the evening was Vivaldi’s Concerto for 4 Violins<\/em>, performed by heart.<\/p>\n

The eye contact and movement and extra energy the players brought to the stage made for an electric performance.<\/p>\n

On the whole, this programme, which runs until Sunday afternoon, is not just an example of excellent, historically-informed performance. This is an example of the kind of committed, passionate musicmaking that guarantees a concert that people remember for a long time, regardless of genre.<\/p>\n

For details on remaining performances, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n

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