“The ensemble Tempesta di Mare from Philadelphia/USA demonstrated how wonderful such dusted-off scores can sound to a virtually sold-out audience in the Muthaus at Burg Hardegsen. From the onset the crisp-playing musicians whisked away any preconceptions that the eighteenth century can only offer dry-sounding fodder on which only moths would be happy to feed. There was, rather, the joy of discovery. Gwyn Roberts (flute), Emlyn Ngai (violin), Karina Fox (violin, viola) Eve Miller (cello), Richard Stone (theorbo) and Adam Pearl (harpsichord) set a highlight through their tight ensemble playing, technical virtuosity and interpretively lucid music making. The American ensemble also demonstrated masterful creative will.” Göttinger Tageblatt (Germany), May 2009.
“In Madame Levy’s Salon, the captivated audience was treated to a ravishing aural glimpse into the distinctive formal language and cheerful melodicism of the High Baroque’s ‘Berlin School.’ In [Tempesta di Mare’s] hands, the music stormed and roared, laughed and bubbled over. Music became the very language of the sensitive heart and of the budding Rococo style. [The performers] cheefully balanced their scintillating music making on that eccentric ridge dividing the High Baroque and early Classical periods. They served up the shaded elegies of the Grave and Andante movements pleasurably and without sentimentality, at other times playing out the musical caprices like a ‘stadium wave’ and enjoying the ever-changing passions of this music to the full. With a twinkle in the eye and a mischievous smile, the musicians seemingly led the listener by the nose to expectation-defying outcomes. A downright captivating concert experience.” Cellesche Zeitung (Germany), May, 2009.