All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★, Trevor Pinnock, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester,
Rachel Redmond, Claudia Huckle, James Way, Ashley Riches @ Victoria Hall, Geneva, 2019-12-13 — George Frideric Handel: Oratorio “Messiah”, HWV 56
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Blog post #492 — Concert review, ★★★½, Florian Helgath, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Hannah Morrison, Ingeborg Danz, Fabio Trümpy, Tiago Oliveira, Krešimir Stražanac, Orchester vom See @ Kirche St.Jakob, Zurich, 2019-05-10 — Schubert: Mass No.6 in E♭ major, D.950; Fritz Stüssi (1874 – 1923): Oratorio “Vergehen und Auferstehen” (Transience and Resurrection)
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Blog post #486 — Concert review, ★★★★, Florian Helgath, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Orchestra La Scintilla, Eugénie Warnier, Marie Henriette Reinhold, Florian Feth (evangelist), Angelo Pollak (arias), Ludwig Mittelhammer (Jesus), Aleksander Nohr (arias) @ Kirche St.Jakob, Zurich, 2019-04-17 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): St.John Passion, BWV 245
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Blog post #471 — Concert review, ★★★★, Michael Gläser, Zürcher Sing-Akademie @ St.Peter, Zurich, 2019-02-10 — Bach: Motet “Singet dem Herrn”, BWV 225; Prelude & Fugue in E♭ major, BWV 552; Rheinberger: Mass in E♭ major for double choir, op.109, “Cantus Missae”; Brahms: Fest und Gedenksprüche, op.109; Bruckner: Motet “Ave Maria”, WAB 6; Bruckner: Motet “Locus iste”, WAB 23
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Concert review, Florian Helgath, Orchestra La Scintilla, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Malin Hartelius, Christina Daletska, Benjamin Bruns, Ludwig Mittelhammer @ Kirche St.Jakob, Zurich, 2018-12-07 — Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Cantatas 1 – 3; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat (1989); Praetorius / Jan Sandström: “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” (1990)
My first reaction in writing this short review was to use a title such as “Bach’s Christmas Oratorio — How Not To” — but let me start properly: This year’s Christmas concert in the Tonhalle Zurich (on Friday, 2014-12-19) was given by the Zürcher Sing-Akademie (Zurich Singing Academy), the professional choir, founded in 2011, following the footsteps of the Schweizer Kammerchor (Swiss Chamber Choir)…