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Seen and Heard Concert Review
Mozart, Boccherini, C. P. E. Bach:
Magdalena Kožená
(mezzo);
Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni
Antonini.
Barbican Hall, 27.10.2006 (CC)
Magdalena Kožená’s recent disc of Mozart with Rattle (DG 477 627-2) is the presumed reason behind this recital, despite the differences in accompanists. Kožená sang a total of six arias (not counting the encore) in a concert that also included symphonies by Boccherini and C. P. E. Bach.
A sequence of last-minute changes meant that the poor
audience had to move back and forth within the programme
to keep pace with the singer – not to mention slipping
over to an insert for an added recitative. On a purely
musical level, the concert traced a smooth arc from a
rather ragged opening to a sensational ending.
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