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St Paul's Cathedral a moving location for Blitz Requiem première

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Reviewed at St Paul's Cathedral, London on 26 September 2013
Pärt, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Works by Tallis
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams, Toward the Unknown Region
Goode, Blitz Requiem
The Bach Choir
David Hill, Conductor
Emma Tring, Soprano
Susanna Spicer, Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Long, Tenor
Robert Davies, Baritone
Edusei’s Beethoven and Rangwanasha’s Strauss thrill at Cadogan Hall
****1
Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s Beethoven
****1
Charisma and colour from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic
****1
Perception-altering Shostakovich from Serebrennikov and Petrenko
*****
A trio of exiled composers: Petrenko and the RPO at the RFH
****1
Giltburg’s Beethoven enlightens the dark between Berg and Stravinsky
****1
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