Oeuvre: Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile

Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Chicago Symphony Chorus made this evening truly distinctive.

Once upon a time it was standard practice that most public concerts in Britain would be preceded by the National Anthem; last night in Huddersfield Town Hall a great many members of the audience were caught off guard when a brass and percussion fanfare struck up into the loudest, most ecstatic rendition of ‘God Save the Queen’ I have ever heard.