Bridget Cunningham
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Crowe and Bevan recreate two prime donne through their own blazing talents. —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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Handel at Vauxhall Vol. 2
Claire Bessant, Mary Bevan, Eleanor Dennis, Benjamin Bevan, Charles MacDougal, Nicky Spence, Greg Tassell
London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham
Cunningham (aided by scholar David E Coke) achieves a healthy balance between presenting the fruits of research and creative programming. —
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Special offer. Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites and Other Keyboard Works
Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord)
Cunningham’s empathy with his myriad of little eccentricities and of his art in general is abundantly on display. —
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What is certain is that these pieces are inventive and full of vitality. In short, they are unashamedly intended to please the senses and, in the hands of stylistically informed players they... —
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Handel in Italy, Volume 1
Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord), Benjamin Bevan (baritone)
London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham (director)
[Sophie Bevan] sings with a full feminine tone, enchanting in the slow movements, while her sister Mary sings arias from Handel's 1709 Venetian opera, Agrippina…the surprise is Benjamin Bevan,... —
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Handel at Vauxhall, Volume 1
Kirsty Hopkins (soprano), Charles MacDougall (tenor), Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Greg Tassell (tenor), Daniel Moult (organ), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Sophie Bevan (soprano)
London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham
Bridget Cunningham’s re-imagining of the first part of a typical evening’s entertainment puts George Frideric centrestage, and sets the scene delectably with the flirtatious bustle of the Sinfonia... —
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Handel in Italy, Volume 2
Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord), Sophie Bevan (soprano) & Benjamin Bevan (baritone)
London Early Opera
London Early Opera plays with lemon-fresh strings and lean phrasing...Cunningham's own playing is delicate...There is far more bouyancy and colour in the vocal items...All three [Bevans] sing... —