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Haydn's The Seasons in January: "music-making of infectious vitality"

In January 2012, Gabrieli performed Haydn's The Seasons at the Barbican Centre, London and Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris. Here are some reviews from the concerts.

A Christmas message from artistic director Paul McCreesh

I’d like to say thank you to everybody for all your wonderful support over the year especially for our fantastic Elijah project which still rings in my head and moves within my soul.

Haydn’s 'The Seasons'

Taking three years to complete (1798 – 1801), The Seasons was Haydn’s culminating masterpiece. Eloquently exploring spring, summer, autumn and winter, The Seasons also contemplates man’s relationship to nature, the harvest and the year’s cycle. Gabrieli Consort & Players performs this illustrative,

Paul McCreesh to feature on BBC Radio 3’s 'The Choir' on Sunday, 5pm


Tune in to BBC Radio 3 this Sunday 29 January at 5pm, as Aled Jones explores the choral works of Berlioz and Giovanni Gabrieli in his radio programme, The Choir. Examining Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts and marking the 400th anniversary of Gabrieli’s death, Paul McCreesh has been invited on to the show to discuss Gabrieli’s vocal projects, performances and new recordings, as well as the maestro’s musical influences and ambitions.

Click here to listen online from Sunday at 5pm.

"Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts here receives an interpretation that is impressive not merely by dint of the music’s more monumental statements or its ample sonorities, but also through the subtlety of expression that Paul McCreesh elicits from the massive forces required to perform it."

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Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts
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Concerts


24/03/12

1:00 AM

Portico da Zamora Festival

25/03/12

8:30 PM

Auditorio Nacional de Espana

29/04/12

1:00 AM

Dias da Musica

09/05/12

1:00 AM

Concert Hall de Doelen

10/05/12

8:15 PM

De Oosterpoort


About the Ensemble

Gabrieli aims to present great choral and instrumental repertoire from across the centuries to the widest possible audience. Gabrieli's interpretations strive to recreate the original performances of musical works as far as possible, in the belief that historical performance ideals and knowledge of the old world are essential for creating music anew. Gabrieli seeks to engage with and to explore the links between music from all periods.

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