Cardinall's Musick and the angels

By Charlotte Valori, 30 December 2013

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Reviewed at Smith Square Hall, London on 20 December 2013

Victoria, Missa, O Magnum Mysterium

Palestrina, Hodie Christus Natus Est

Poulenc, Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152: Hodie Christus natus est

Dering, Factum est silentium

Tippett, Plebs angelica

The Cardinall's Musick

Andrew Carwood, Director

Old and new: passionate Tallis and striking Frances-Hoad

Nick Boston, 20th July

Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall's Musick bring passion, vitality and grit to Tallis, and première a striking new piece by Cheryl Frances-Hoad in performances of the highest standard.

*****

Cardinall's Musick's Byrd Tour: More Passion?

Wilf Jones, 31st March

After fifteen years of trying to persuade us that Byrd’s lesser-known works are just as worth listening to as the famous ones, I felt that the Cardinall’s Musick could have come up with a more exciting programme of his celebration of Easter.

***11

Old and new: passionate Tallis and striking Frances-Hoad

Nick Boston, 20th July

Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall's Musick bring passion, vitality and grit to Tallis, and première a striking new piece by Cheryl Frances-Hoad in performances of the highest standard.

*****

Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

Peter Connors, 22nd March

Viktoria Mullova is a superb soloist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, while an orchestra full of soloists play Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra with Kahchun Wong presiding.

*****

Kristiina Poska makes an exciting return to conduct the RSNO

Simon Thompson, 20th March

Kristiina Poska directs the RSNO in gripping Tchaikovsky and Pärt, but words and music only occasionally match in Elena Langer's new song cycle.

***11

Guitars, electronics and ancient treatises: the JACK Quartet at 92NY

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th March

At 92NY, the JACK Quartet performs four new works developed in their JACK Studio, including a commissioned premiere from the electrifying Tristan Perich.

****1

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

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