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Justin Taylor’s concert at Capriccio captivates the audience & receives glowing review

Justin Taylor’s ‘Bach in Italy’ performance at Capriccio Baroque on March 18, 2023, led to multiple standing ovations from a highly appreciativ audience and garnered an exceptional review from Charles Downey of the Washington Classical Review. The virtuosic, demanding program included a selection of Italian concerto transcriptions made by Bach and works composed by Bach himself in the ‘Italian Style’. For the concert Justin performed on a two-manual harpsichord built by English early keyboard builder and harpsichordist Colin Booth after an extant original instrument by J.C. Fleischer dated to 1710.

Read the full review at

https://washingtonclassicalreview.com/2023/03/19/harpsichordist-taylor-takes-audience-on-a-lively-and-illuminating-italian-tour-for-capriccio-baroque/

Capriccio’s concert featuring Jean Rondeau rated a 2022 Top Ten Performance

Jean Rondeau’s October 26, 2022, performance of J.S. Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ at Capriccio Baroque is rated a 2022 Top Ten Performance by the Washington Classical Review. Given this young French harpsichordist’s mastery this comes as no surprise. Here’s what the Washington Classical Review has to say about this performance:

‘The best thing about a performance of an ultra-familiar work is if it surprises you. The French harpsichordist, who has made two recordings of this Bach masterpiece, surprised over and over again in this dynamic live performance …from an improvised intonato as prelude, through some extravagantly ornamented repeats, to a stripped-down return of the opening Aria.’

Read the Washington Classical Review’s full story at https://washingtonclassicalreview.com/2022/12/21/top-ten-performances-of-2022/

Rave Review for Jory Vinikour’s Capriccio Concert

Capriccio’s Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, concert ‘La joie de vivre’ featuring Jory Vinikour aimed to lift the audiences’ spirits after a prolonged and bleak period when concert halls have been shuttered. Jory more than delivered! The Washington Classical Review’s Charles Downey showered the performance with praise, describing it as “…a sensational evening”. Jory Vinikour’s exceptional technique and bountiful musicality shone in a program packed with “effervescent and devilishly challenging pieces” full of “…finger-twisting calisthenics…” (Charles Downey) by Byrd, Bull, J.S. Bach, D. Scarlatti, Rameau, L. Couperin, and Royer. Read the full review here: https://washingtonclassicalreview.com/2021/09/19/capriccio-baroque-series-reopens-with-versatile-vinikour-at-the-harpsichord/

ANNA KISKACHI – Film en Miniature

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