Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in Cleveland

By Timothy Robson, 17 December 2013

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Reviewed at Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights on 14 December 2013

Programme to include:

Ramsey, O Sapientia

Howells, The Fear of the Lord

Poston, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Britten, Hymn to the Virgin

Howells, A Spotless Rose

Pärt, O Morgenstern

Vann, There is a flow'r sprung of a tree

Williams, O Adonai et Dux domus Israel

Rutter, Christ is the morning star

Warlock, Bethlehem Down

Tavener, A Christmas Proclamation: God is with us

Howells, Gloucester Service: Magnificat

Choir of Clare College Cambridge

Graham Ross, Conductor

Bach Unwrapped Finale: Mass in B minor

Julia Savage, 21st December

J S Bach's opus ultimum, the Mass in B Minor, was also the opus ultimum of the year-long Bach Unwrapped series at Kings Place. Unfortunately, it proved not to be the crowning glory it might have been.

***11

Ambitious ACO production surveys 42,000 years of music

David Larkin, 24th May

Marketed under the tagline: “42,000 years of music – 213 works – 1 performance”, Timeline is a hyper-ambitious production. At times history lesson, at times creative mash-up, it was both a highly stimulating and a frustrating experience, with outstanding performances from the instrumentalists and singers.

****1

A special relationship renewed: Leonard Slatkin returns to Prague

Frank Kuznik, 16th April

Leonard Slatkin returns to the Prague Symphony Orchestra with one of his own pieces, a Schubert tribute that steals the show.

****1

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

Kinan Azmeh offers a sampling of delights with St Luke’s

No’a L. bat Miri, 15th April

As part of St Luke’s ‘Visionary Sounds’ series, Kinan Azmeh joined the chamber ensemble to play a variety of his own compositions.

****1

Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Robert Gainer, 15th April

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?

****1

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Timothy Robson

We are saddened to learn of the death of Tim Robson, a long-time Bachtrack contributor (2012-21). Tim was an organist in Cleveland, Ohio and his repertoire extended to all musical periods, with a special interest in contemporary music. As a blogger he was a regular contributor to ClevelandClassical.com. In his parallel career as a librarian, Tim was Associate Director for Academic Engagement at the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University. Our condolences to his family.

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, impresses with music for Advent on tour in Cleveland