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An imaginative and wonderfully performed programme of ecclesiastical works wrought in peril, alienation and exile.

A disappointing performance of motets by Bach and Bruckner is rescued by an imaginative and evocative new work by John Casken, performed by Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia and flautist Juliette Bausor.

Taiwan is barely on the radar as far as most Western classical music aficionados are concerned. A recent visit, however, by the 40-member Taiwan National Choir certainly alerted those who heard it that something extraordinary must be going on over there.

Abermals entfaltete sich bei den Publikumslieblingen im Konzerthaus Dortmund ein eindringliches, erschütterndes, inbrünstiges Personaldrama existentiell-brachialer Wucht, das Pichon im Wissen um die Sonderklasse seiner Ensembles agil zelebrierte.

Dans la basilique de Vézelay, le fameux ensemble letton a proposé un diptyque Bruckner-Tchaïkovski contrasté et concentré sous la direction de Sigvards Kļava.