camerata nordica
6 December 2018 00:00![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
landofnowhereHi everyone! I'd been thinking for a while that I might want to use DW as a place to publicly post my reactions/reviews of various media and similar -- and now there are people coming in from tumblr, might not be a bad time to start.
Recently I heard Grieg's Holberg suite and remembered that I really like it, so I went to look up a version on YouTube, and found the Camerata Nordica performance, which I highly recommend. It's worth watching the video and not just listening:, with the performers playing standing up with no sheet music, Baroque-style, with great body language. I'm reminded of the string quartet bits in Fire and Hemlock.
I then went and looked for other YouTube videos by Camerata Nordica, but unfortunately there are only a handful on Youtube: also, the group dissolved in 2016 due to serious issues with management, though it seems to have recently revived as the Aurora Chamber Orchestra. However, one of the things I did find was a clip from an open rehearsal which features audience reactions from some truly adorable kids.
Recently I heard Grieg's Holberg suite and remembered that I really like it, so I went to look up a version on YouTube, and found the Camerata Nordica performance, which I highly recommend. It's worth watching the video and not just listening:, with the performers playing standing up with no sheet music, Baroque-style, with great body language. I'm reminded of the string quartet bits in Fire and Hemlock.
I then went and looked for other YouTube videos by Camerata Nordica, but unfortunately there are only a handful on Youtube: also, the group dissolved in 2016 due to serious issues with management, though it seems to have recently revived as the Aurora Chamber Orchestra. However, one of the things I did find was a clip from an open rehearsal which features audience reactions from some truly adorable kids.