Sonorous Sibelius overshadows a lighter Mozart Requiem

Por Ken Ward, 27 octubre 2014

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Crítica hecha desde Leeds Town Hall, Leeds el 26 octubre 2014

Wagner, Lohengrin: prelude to Act 1

Sibelius, Sinfonía núm. 4 en la menor, Op.63

Mozart, Réquiem en re menor, K626 (New completed edition by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs)

Aoife O'Sullivan, Soprano

Rosie Aldridge, Mezzosoprano

Ru Charlesworth, Tenor

Matthew Brook, Bajo-barítono

Chorus of Opera North

Orchestra of Opera North

Jac van Steen, Dirección

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Ken Ward

Ken Ward spent most of his working life driving buses for Eastern National and London Buses. With a life-long enthusiasm for the works of Bruckner, he became editor of The Bruckner Journal in 2005 and was awarded The Bruckner Society of America 'Kilenyi' Medal of Honor in 2011.

Opera North's sonorous Sibelius overshadows a lighter Mozart Requiem