Tempest Baroque Ensemble


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“Tempest is, simply, the Rolls-Royce of baroque ensembles. They all play baroque-period instruments, scrape the strings with the light, aerated spring of baroque bows, and blend their sounds together like a super-tuned, state-of-the-art luxury power plant nourished on the finest grade of silk-textured motor oil.

“Their sound is honed to a razor-edge of unanimity. They phrase in perfect synchronization. And their tone is ravishingly transparent and sweet. They inflect the phrases with a sublimated thrust of the foot, such as you would see in baroque dancing, though this is all weight and balance. No one tweaks even the tiniest of toes, in actual fact. This is all visceral pressure, and it is impossible not to echo it inside your own body.
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“Greenberg is not only a superb violinist but his imagination is boundless and his scholarship, mind-blowing.”

- Stephen Pedersen, The Chronicle-Herald (1 December 2010)

"Who else but a group called Tempest could find a good omen for their inaugural concert in a raging blizzard?
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"Tempest is small ... but makes up for it in energy and musical vivacity. Greenberg himself is a charismatic leader. The players stand to play ... and Greenberg, at the head of the line, gives physical expression to the bounce and thrust of the playing as he bends and dips and corkscrews his lanky frame into the phrases.

"He is also a virtuoso violinist, inspiring everybody with his dizzying melodic contours and exciting our wonder at the way he juggles lyrical poise with explosive rhythmic energy."

- Stephen Pedersen, The Chronicle-Herald (January 2001)