Performer: The Bach Choir

A memorable evening of superb music-making at the Royal Festival Hall, illuminating two well-known Vaughan Williams scores and shining a light on a seldom performed rarity.

It was especially effective to hear the line “One ever hangs where shelled roads part” with the vast hanging crucifix with its portrait of Christ dominating the scene behind.

Not a seat to be had for the BBCSO’s thrilling Proms performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony. 

Positioned at the heart of St Paul’s Cathedral, Rutter took to the stage to perform a sold out concert dedicated to his life as a composer. 

Orient meets Occident in three performances of English works conducted by the Japanese maestro Tadaaki Otaka.

This celebration of Tavener's music showed the extraordinary depth and breadth of his compositions. 

We spoke to the acclaimed choral conductor about his upcoming tour of the East Coast with The Bach Choir, London and the Yale Schola Cantorum.