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The tone was set for a shrewdly programmed hour of contrasts.

Mary Bevan’s bewitching soprano is the star of a glorious programme of music by Ravel and his contemporaries.

In Amsterdam, the Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin, accompanied by pianist Maciej Pikulski, delighted the Concertgebouw audience with a varied program of English and French songs.

L’Église Saint-Bonaventure s’est remplie des mystères vocaux de l’Avent, de Bach à Rutter.