Old and new: passionate Tallis and striking Frances-Hoad

By Nick Boston, 21 July 2015

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 20 July 2015

Tallis, Videte miraculum

Tallis, O Lord, give thy holy Spirit

Tallis, Hear the voice and prayer

Tallis, Why fum'th in fight

Tallis, Suscipe quaeso

Tallis, O nata lux

Tallis, O sacrum convivium

Tallis, O Salutaris Hostia

Frances-Hoad, From the Beginning of the World (World première)

Tallis, Spem in Alium

The Cardinall's Musick

Andrew Carwood, Director

Cardinall's Musick and the angels

Charlotte Valori, 20th December

An interesting programme which brings together music inspired by angels from Palestrina to Tippett, sung in the gorgeous surroundings of St John's, Smith Square.

***11

Cardinall's Musick's Byrd Tour: More Passion?

Wilf Jones, 31st March

After fifteen years of trying to persuade us that Byrd’s lesser-known works are just as worth listening to as the famous ones, I felt that the Cardinall’s Musick could have come up with a more exciting programme of his celebration of Easter.

***11

Cardinall's Musick and the angels

Charlotte Valori, 20th December

An interesting programme which brings together music inspired by angels from Palestrina to Tippett, sung in the gorgeous surroundings of St John's, Smith Square.

***11

Hilary Hahn’s French odyssey of refinement and fire in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 14th May

Two technical mishaps punctuate the evening, but Hilary Hahn maintains poise throughout a French programme crowned by a finely judged, deeply expressive performance of Fauré.

****1

Frank Dupree's Liverpool debut has the audience crying out for more

Glyn Mon Hughes, 14th May

A concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of the USA saw Liverpool audiences treated to a sumptuous Copland as well as a symphony as well as a barn-storming performance of Gershwin and Duke Ellington, performed by Frank Dupree who was making his debut with the RLPO.

*****

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Proms Chamber Music 1: Old and new: passionate Tallis and striking Frances-Hoad from The Cardinall's Musick