Red Dot Baroque's sublime collaboration with Andreas Scholl and Sarah Traubel

A proper and sustained pursuit of baroque music-making in Singapore may be said to have begun with Red Dot Baroque (RDB) in 2018, led by founding artistic director, violinist and Young Artist Award recipient Alan Choo.

- Chang Tou Liang

CONCERT

ANDREAS SCHOLL WITH SARAH TRAUBEL AND RED DOT BAROQUE

Esplanade Concert Hall

July 20

An ongoing series of landmark performances and artistic triumphs continued in the home-grown period music ensemble's collaboration with world-renowned German countertenor Andreas Scholl and soprano Sarah Traubel.

RDB's recently concluded grand tour of Italy carried into this Esplanade Classics presentation of the Italian baroque. Antonio Vivaldi's three-movement Sinfonia from the opera L'Olimpiade opened with infectious vigour, setting the stage for a gripping evening of music-making.

The subjects of love and death began with Traubel in commanding form for Da Rio Funesto Turbine from Giovanni Pergolesi's opera Il Flaminio.