With cellist Harriet Krijgh one feels slightly reminded of the legendary Jacqueline du Pre…. Since naturally she possesses similar large gestures, and knows how to impress with the full tone of her instrument, a cello by Giovanni Paolo Maggini from the year 1620. Yet it seems with her sensations more so take place in secret. Her ability to give shape in a sometimes almost inaudible range compels the listener to pay attention with great acuity. Thus she succeeds to lend tension to the music.
..soon enough the cello smoothly soared into a solo that fully captured the melancholy, or even almost lament, of the second phrase. Through Harriet Krijgh’s interpretation the solo had the effect of a pause, as if to gather breath for the powerful,rich sounding explosion of the final part. The audience gave standing ovations and brought the cellist back to the stage twice. Krijgh gave her thanks in return with a Bach serenade. Time seemed to have stopped for a moment as the audience harkened to the contemplative cello music…
2016 04 22 Westfalen Blatt (Germany)
Stunning concert with Harriet Krijgh and Magda Amara in the Trau church during the Thuringen Bach weeks.
…This powerful work gave the perfectly well-rehearsed duo the prime opportunity to stretch their instrumental technical skill to its very limits. With a concert of such world class it was hardly surprising that the final applause, a long lasting Crescendo and Diminuendo, had its effect too and encouraged both stars to play a small encore…