Page 436 - Liverpool Philharmonic 22-23 Season Coverage Book

Roma Travestita

Bruno de Sá (sopranist), Il Pomo d’Oro, Francesco Corti
Extending up to an easy high D (and he has more in reserve above that!), the Brazilian male
soprano's voice is an extraordinary instrument, with never a hint of strain up top and plenty of
colour in the middle and lower regions. The flurries of stratospheric staccatos in arias by
Vivaldi, Galuppi and Piccinni are executed with audacious ease, but de Sá is no mere canary:
he has a real gift for declamatory drama and pathos as well as for pyrotechnics, and sounds
fully inside every character in this recital of Italian baroque rarities.

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Where is Home / Hae Ke Kae
Abel Selaocoe (cello)
Bach and Platti are seamlessly interwoven with music from Selaocoe's native South Africa to
form a rich and unique tapestry on this arresting, unmissable debut album, which sees him
exploiting virtually every sonic possibility his instrument can offer (try Zawose, where
Selaocoe imitates the Tanzanian zeze) as well as serving powerful expressive vocals and
percussion along the way. The exuberant Qhawe ('Hero') and the closing Ancestral
Affirmations stand out, but everything here exudes charisma and conviction.

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