Serenades and larks ascending: Vaughan Williams at Temple Church

Por Mark Valencia, 09 mayo 2022

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“the tenor line was especially robust and not every choir can boast that”

Crítica hecha desde Temple Church, Londres el 7 mayo 2022

Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs

Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music

Vaughan Williams, Misa en sol menor

Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending

Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir

Greg Morris, Dirección, Órgano

Augusta Hebbert, Soprano

Jessica Gillingwater, Contralto

Gareth Treseder, Tenor

Thomas Guthrie, Barítono

Ian Belton, Violín

Richard Pearce, Órgano

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Serenades and larks ascending: Vaughan Williams at London's Temple Church