![]() ![]() This is a performance of C.P.E.'s orchestral music that even detractors will concede is very exciting. Harmonia Mundi's sound from the Théâtre d'Arras is ideally idiomatic, physical, and intense without overdoing the close-ups. It's quite a contrast from earlier readings, and Beyer approaches the essence of the Sturm und Drang quality that until now has been more associated with C.P.E.'s keyboard music. 182/3, or the almost unthinkably dramatic opening of that symphony's slow movement. Listen to the careening first movement of the Symphony in C major, Wq. Gli Incogniti are here bulked up to seven violins and pairs on the other string parts, which is all to the good. She and her group Gli Incogniti, which has specialized mostly in Baroque music, are the first to give these works the contemporary rough-and-tumble Baroque treatment, which given the startling content, may well be what listeners are after. These are late-career experimental works that live up to the "beyond the limits" booklet description of violinist-conductor Amandine Beyer. Bach might have been expected to put forth the maximal effort. Bach to both Mozart and Beethoven and for whom C.P.E. This is odd, inasmuch as the pieces were commissioned by Vienna's Baron Gottfried van Swieten, a connoisseur who did much to introduce the music of J.S. ![]() 182, have been recorded before greats Trevor Pinnock and Christopher Hogwood both committed sets to disc, but recordings in the 21st century have been sparse. These six Symphonies for strings and continuo, Wq. Bach continues to yield gems that justify the admiration of Mozart, among others, for his music. Her performance in The Six Brandenburg Concertos is her debut at the Holland Festival.The output of the prolific C.P.E. Since 2010 she has taught the baroque violin at her former institute, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel. She teaches courses in the Faculty of Music, Arts and Performing Arts of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal, and holds worldwide masterclasses. Additionally, she appears regularly on stage in duo performances with Pierre Hantai, Kristian Bezuidenhout and Laurence Beyer. In addition to working with her own ensemble, Beyer is a member of various other groups, including Les Cornets Noirs. Two former students of the Schola Cantorum in Basel, both now captivating audiences each with their individual violinistic artistry, Amandine Beyer and. In 2013 she played the solo violin part for De Keersmaeker’s and Charmatz’s intimate production Partita 2. Like the choreographers and dancers Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker and Boris Charmatz she is captivated by the music of Bach. Her recording of Bach’s Sonatas & Partitas (2012), with her own ensemble Gli Incogniti, received great critical acclaim. Since 2000 she has performed as a soloist at many international festivals and concert halls. Beyer is now a renowned interpreter of the baroque violin repertoire. In 1998 she and her ensemble L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux won the Premio Bonporti and the Special Jury Prize at the International Baroque Violin Competition, Rovereto. After graduating in musicology in 1996, she moved to Basel, Switzerland for advanced study at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, with the Swiss conductor and violinist Chiara Banchini. She was admitted to the prestigious Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris when she was 15, writing her master’s dissertation on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen during her time there. Although her first instrument was the recorder, she soon discovered the violin. Amandine Beyer (Aix-en-Provence, 1974) started her musical career at the age of four.
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