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Coleridge-Taylor’s bloodless passion at the Three Choirs Festival
Though musically flawed, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral work The Atonement is given a superb performance at the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford Cathedral.
I Fagiolini bring drama and heartbreak to the Turner Sims
Well defined performances of Monteverdi madrigals are sung with I Fagiolini’s customary ease and involvement.
More than just a concert: Ex Cathedra perform Rachmaninov’s Vespers
Enhanced by bells, Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore give a low-key but highly dramatic performance of Rachmaninov’s Vespers in Birmingham Town Hall
Preaching to the converted: The Apostles at the Three Choirs
Adrian Partington and the Philharmonia give an impersonal, soporific rendition of Elgar's The Apostles at Gloucester Cathedral.
The power of individual voices: Ex Cathedra’s St Matthew Passion
Bradley Smith, as Evangelist, and a fine cast of soloists drove this Good Friday account of Bach’s St Matthew Passion from Ex Cathedra in Birmingham.
Light amid darkness: stellar performance from Tenebrae
An exquisite evening of British 20th-century choral music from Tenebrae under Nigel Short at the Sydney Festival, with outstanding renditions of the music of Parry, Bingham and Stanford.