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Some reviews of
Canzona performances
“…among
the finest John Passions I have ever heard … the players of Canzona gave
nothing but pleasure.”
Barry Millington, The Times
“Canzona’s
wonderfully intense opening bars set the mood of the Smith Square performance
superbly”
Andrew Benson-Wilson, Early Music News
“Just
as the members of a string quartet would interact, so Canzona’s
instrumentalists breathed together in the Adagio sections and struck sparks off
each other in the Allegros”
Barry Millington, The Times
“The
secret of Canzona’s magic is, I think, their ability to perform with a
perfectly measured understatement which has the deadly effect of drawing the
audience into the music and, once enveloped by their sumptious sound, you’re
trapped!”
Philip Brown, Newbury Weekly News
“The
orchestra, one of today’s most distinguished ensembles, was in the closest
possible liaison throughout the performance and the excellence of the continuo
and obbligato instrumentalists during arias is gladly recognised.”
Hampshire Chronicle
“It
is difficult to imagine how the accompaniments could be played better than they
were by the orchestra Canzona. Time and
again the ear was seduced by the glorious sounds of the ‘period’ instruments
and the extraordinary phrasing and stylishness that the players brought to
them, particularly in the aria obbligatos.”
Geoffrey Harvey, Dorking Advertiser
“Given
the status and reputation of the performers it is stating the obvious when I
say that it was a superb concert. The
early music movement has gone through many phases culminating in performances
like these, combining the right period instruments and bows, precision and
sensitivity.”
Peter Davies, Newbury Weekly News