MARQUISE

Reviews: 

Part of a review of Mr Alan Cooper, about our concert in Aberdeen University's King's College Chapel in 2019:

"Thursday’s concert was wonderfully entertaining. First of all there were the splendidly colourful Rococo costumes worn by at least three of the performers. Frauke Jürgensen, Judit Felszeghy and László Blaskovics all performed marvellous light footed and elegant dances. 
I was greatly impressed by recorder player Katalin Kállay. She put not just her face and head but sometimes her whole body into her playing, swaying, gyrating and all but dancing into the lines of her music. Was this overdone? I don’t care because in every respect, the sound of her playing was the best I have ever heard on recorder. The detail, the ornaments, the varied dynamics in her playing lifted the entire performance every time she played. The vocal blending of coloratura soprano Judit Felszeghy and male soprano, so clean and clear, László Blaskovics was thoroughly delicious. "

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After Brixworth Concert 2015:

ENSEMBLE MARQUISE - "TECHNICAL PERFECTION"
An exquisite concert by this virtuosic Baroque ensemble from Hungary, centred around the secret Language of The Fans. A programme of mainly Baroque music was interspersed with amusing vignettes explaining the use of the fan in the 18th century as a language of love. Both counter-tenor, Laszlo Blaskovics and the coloratura soprano, Judit Felszeghy gave brilliant performances, but the instrumentalists were also impressive: technical perfection from Katalin Kallay(recorder), Agnes Kallay (Cello) and Marta Gal (harpsichord) who not only accompanied the singers but also played wonderful solo interludes. Actor Christian Heisz provided the entertaining explanations concerning the language of the fan. The Ensemble will be performing again on 27th October at the Schubert Society in London

Peter Pap:  'I truly appreciate the light-hearted style mixed with superb quality! Even my young kids enjoyed it and were inspired by it. (You can not easily get little ones convinced to enjoy opera...) smile emoticon Finally a group that showed that living in another time did not have to be boring. Needless to say, the performers and the sound was more than amazing. Thank you!'

After Kimbolton Castle:
‘I attended your wonderful evening at Kimbolton Castle - and Music most certainly was the Food of Love on this occasion, so Shakespeare had it about right!  The music and 'choreography' were impeccable thought out and performed.....We enjoyed it more than any concert we could remember....Congratulations once again on a superlative entertainment.’
Owen Davis - a baroque-music-on-period-instruments-lover, UK
 
‘I enjoyed the occasion very much, and I have reported back favourably to the Concert Promoters' Network.... It was an attractive programme, well presented.’
Brian Medgley from Concert Promoters’ Network, UK
 
After Staunton Harold:
‘What an atmospheric setting for Haydn and Mozart! ... the appearance of  two splendidly be-costumed young Hungarian sopranos, Judit Felszeghy and László Blaskovics, who with their stunning 18th-century attire brought perfectly to life the opulent imperial Hapsburg world that Mozart inhabited. But it wasn’t just the costumes.  Soaring effortlessly through the coloratura and bel canto demands of Mozart’s music, their voices seemed to capture exactly the spirit of his elegant writing, strong and powerful but infinitely euphonious, as the two soprano voices, man and woman, melded seamlessly together. Needless to say they drew huge applause from all present.’
Fiori Musicali, UK – web reviews
 
‘Laszlo has an extraordinary soprano voice, evoking the authentic sound of baroque opera.’
Fiori Musicali, UK – 2009
 
After Dixit Dominus about Judit singing with Grace Davidson (The Sixteen)
 ‘...while in Dixit Dominus ... Grace shared the honours with Hungarian soprano Judit Felszeghy, who partnered her so sensitively in the duets – De torrente with its amazingly powerful dissonances was just spine-tingling.’
Fiori Musicali, UK – web reviews