Her playing was incisive and exacting, artful in the best sense of that word, and as beautiful to watch as it was to hear.
State of the Art 5 Star Review
Limelight 5 Star Review
McKay Lodge and Valentine take us back to Venice’s convent and orphanage, L’Ospedale della Pietà…
Eastside FM Review
Lodge lead the orchestra with gusto and humour, her technical skills forging the way for the Brandenburg musicians to excel.
ABC Radio National The Music Show
Channel 10 News Melbourne
The Age, Spectrum
The composer wrote some of his most challenging work for Anna Maria della Pieta. Violinist Augusta McKay Lodge says it’s like “a tightrope walk on strings”.
Sydney Arts Guide 5 star
Augusta McKay Lodge is a very watchable leader. Directing from the violin, every cue, shared breath and small adjustment of tempo is written on her body.
San Francisco Classical Voice
The Strad Magazine
Limelight Magazine
We last heard young Paris-based American violinist Augusta McKay Lodge on Naxos in splendid performances of works for unaccompanied Baroque violin by Biber, Locatelli, Pisendel, Matteis and Baltzar. Now she returns in the company of musical friends to shine a light on yet more unfamiliar music of the Baroque, this time violin sonatas by Corelli followers Giovanni Mossi (c.1680-1742) and Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli (1691-1772).
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Strings Magazine
Strings spoke to Baroque violinist Augusta McKay Lodge, who recently released Corelli’s Band: Violin Sonatas of Carbonelli, Corelli, Mossi (Naxos). The album features rare works by composers affiliated with Corelli and a world premiere recording.
The WholeNote Magazine
“The continuo band is a powerhouse and provides strong support to Lodge, who is clearly emerging as one of the most eloquent and interesting Baroque violinists around.”
Early Music America
A delightful selection of Italian violin sonatas is brought to life by Augusta McKay Lodge and her fellow performers. The legacy of Arcangelo Corelli as both a player and a composer is fully on show in this album named in recognition of his influence.
WQXR
McKay Lodge’s performance is begging you to listen to what the music has to say, to engage with the art of folks we might have forgotten. And if you don’t give it all the attention it’s due, you’re liable to feel a tiny bit guilty.
New York Music Daily
Lodge has a lithe, strikingly nuanced touch, a flair for the dramatic, a colorful vibrato but also a finely attuned sense of the music’s emotional context. And if you think that every worthwhile piece from the 18th century has already been recorded, guess again!
WFMT
Both [Carbonelli and Mossi’s] works combine formal elegance with wild abandon, lyrical charm, and virtuosity alongside plenty of room for improvisation from acclaimed soloist Augusta McKay Lodge.
Violinist.com
Both [Mossi and Carbonelli’s] works combine formal elegance with wild abandon, lyrical charm and virtuosity alongside plenty of room for improvisation -- a specialty for violinist and Baroque specialist Augusta McKay Lodge.
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Augusta speaks with conductor and host of the Sticky Notes podcast, Joshua Weilerstein, to discuss the differences between modern and historical performances.
Berkshire Fine Arts
“Augusta Lodge is an important solo violinist, whose instrument often sings with a pure line. This kind of evenness is extremely difficult to achieve on her instrument. She can create not only mournful melodies, but also harsh angry sounds when needed.”
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Blogcritics
“Voyage Sonique got a warm reception for its “Epilogues and Epitaphs” concert in the dank corridor on Monday night. The acoustics are very crisp, even at times a little harsh for an assertive musician like Lodge”