July 2010

"Maladies and Melodies"

Direction Lars Ulrik Mortensen

Concertmaster Huw Daniel

Es war faszinierend, wie viel Kontakt zwischen Mortensen und seinen Musikern, aber auch wie viel Kontakt unter den Musikern beim Musizieren besteht. Die aufmunternden Blicke, das Gegenseitige-sich-Anfeuern. Das, was die Zuhörer in Echternach erleben durften, war wirklich "keine Musik aus dem Museum" (Mortensen), sondern springlebendiger Ausdruck gerade erlebter Emotion, auch verbunden mit einer gehörigen Portion Humor, wie er der Jugend zu eigen ist. 

Trierischer Volksfreund (full article, click here)

There is only one way of describing the European Union Baroque Orchestra which performed in Malta last week: simply superb.

The Independent – Malta  (full article, click here)

The EUBO performed with great precision but one that was also vibrantly alive. Lars Ulrik Mortensen infuses an energy that is transmitted, unmistakably and indelibly, to the ensemble and importantly to us the audience. Mortensen is a perfect example of all that an orchestral conductor should be. We were literally spellbound and could, with him, feel every nuance, every declamation as the music unfolded. 

Times of Malta (full article, click here)

What a splendid double-treat this was. Please bring the EUBO back next year! (…) It was so clear that Lars Ulrik Mortensen’s love for baroque music was easily projected to his players and to the audience. (…) To him baroque music is fun and is was more than evident that the musicians were having a lot of fun. 

Times of Malta (full article, click here)

Interview with Lars Ulrik Mortensen, for the Sunday Times of Malta

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EUBO's 25th Anniversary, Concert on 22 May 2010

St John's Smith Square, London, UK
Lufthansa Festival for baroque music

Musical Director: Enrico Onofri, assisted by Margaret Faultless

Concertino: Enrico Onofri, Margaret Faultless, Josetxu Obregon, Matias Häkkinen, Pablo Zapico

"The audience reaction to the final concert of the series, Roman Concerti Grossi played by the dazzling European Union Baroque Orchestra (led by soloists Enrico Onofri and Maggie Faultless) seemed almost to render a review redundant; it was surely loud enough for EMT readers, scattered to the four winds, to have heard for themselves."

Early Music Today (full article here)

"Blessed with apparently inexhaustible energy and skill—both of his own and in his young musicians—Onofri has created a gem of an ensemble. (...) the music that they make together is fresh and joyously self-assured. Judging by this performance the future of period performance in Europe is truly in safe hands."

musicalcriticism.com (full article here)