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Entries by David Lee
Alex McCartney – Introducing the Theorbo (and Other Lutes)
Thursday, 2nd July 2020 /0 Comments/in Video /by David LeeA BOAT, A BOAT — Making Music with Dunedin Consort
Thursday, 18th June 2020 /0 Comments/in Video /by David LeeThe PENTATONIC SCALE song — Making Music with Dunedin Consort
Thursday, 18th June 2020 /0 Comments/in Video /by David LeeThe Cup Song — Making Music with Dunedin Consort
Thursday, 18th June 2020 /0 Comments/in Video /by David LeePodcast: Matthew Passion
Friday, 10th April 2020 in Blog, Podcasts /by David LeeA trumpeter’s Mount Everest — David Blackadder on Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Thursday, 9th January 2020 in Blog /by David LeeSarah Bevan-Baker on Messiah
Thursday, 28th November 2019 in Blog /by David LeeRoland Wood on Messiah
Thursday, 28th November 2019 in Blog /by David LeeDunedin Consort at the BBC Proms 2019
Wednesday, 4th September 2019 in Blog /by David LeeOn 11 September 2019, we return to the Albert Hall stage for ‘Bach Night’ at the BBC Proms, our first appearance since our Proms debut with Bach’s John Passion back in 2017. This time, it’s a wholly orchestral affair, as we perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s four orchestral suites (BWV 1066-69), alongside four new commissions from […]
Bach Harpsichord Concertos – Edinburgh International Festival – Scotsman Review
Tuesday, 3rd September 2019 in Concert Reviews, Press /by David LeeSusan Nickalls, The Scotsman★★★★★ To hear Bach played on an instrument from the world-class collection at St Cecilia’s Hall offers a privileged glimpse into how the composer’s music might have sounded at the time.…Suzuki’s hands moved seamlessly between the two manuals adding to the drama of this richly scored work. The accompanying period instruments produced […]
Scotsman Interview
Wednesday, 28th August 2019 in News, Press /by David LeeInterview with Chief Executive Jo Buckley in The Scotsman. The ensemble is thinking big according to new chief executive Jo Buckley, who is honest enough to suggest that the 2018 scare “was actually one of the best things that happened to us.” Whereas two years ago Dunedin were playing around 25 concerts a year, there […]
Bach Harpsichord Concertos 5 – Edinburgh International Festival – The Scotsman
Tuesday, 27th August 2019 in Concert Reviews, Press /by David LeeCarol Main, The Scotsman★★★★ Possibly, for a concerto soloist, the only thing worse than breaking your glasses just before heading to the platform, is finding out that the glue used to fix them hasn’t worked. Even in the face of such adversity, the show went on at St Cecilia’s Hall on Tuesday with harpsichordist Richard […]
Bach Harpsichord Concertos 1 – Edinburgh International Festival – The Scotsman
Tuesday, 27th August 2019 in Concert Reviews, Press /by David LeeKen Walton, The Scotsman★★★★ Is there a venue more perfect for this 5-concert series of Bach’s Keyboard Concertos than the intimate 18th century St Cecila’s Hall?…Required to top it off are musicians and performances of equal calibre, which is what began to emerge as duelling harpsichordists Mahan Esfahani and Aapo Häkkinen, along with with members […]
Bach Harpsichord Concertos 2 – Edinburgh International Festival – The Scotsman
Tuesday, 27th August 2019 in Concert Reviews, Press /by David LeeKen Walton, The Scotsman★★★★ The “new” material, he added, came from a 1726 cantata bearing the same theme, so the task was to do “what Bach would have done” and “turn it into a harpsichord concerto”. The result was largely convincing, strangely scored (by Bach) for supporting oboe, strings and continuo, but distinctive in this […]