New York Polyphony in Dallas

By Bachtrack reviewer, 04 December 2013

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Reviewed at SMU: Caruth Auditorium, Dallas on 2 December 2013

Smith, Veni Redemptor Genitum

Tallis, Audivi vocem

Williams, Adam lay ybounden

Smith, Veni Emmanuel

Verdelot, Gabriel archangelus

Smith, Ave Maris Stella

Traditional, Gabriel's Message

Anonymous, There is no rose of such virtue

Scott, There is no Rose

Anonymous, Lullay lullow

Anonymous, Nowell: Out of your sleep

Smith, Nowell: Arise and Wake

Victoria, Missa, O Magnum Mysterium

Pygott, Quid petis, o fili?

Traditional, Coventry Carol

Clemens non Papa, Magi venitum

Main, The Darkest Midnight in December

New York Polyphony

Craig Phillips, Bass-baritone

Christopher Dylan Herbert, Baritone

Geoffrey Williams, Countertenor

Steven Caldicott Wilson, Tenor

New York Polyphony's UK Debut at Cadogan Hall

James Potter, 21st March

Matching ties. Sharp suits. As they strode onto Cadogan Hall's stage, New York Polyphony were already living up to their image, one hand-tailored to New York's intellectual, social-media savvy hipsters. It wasn't long before they proved that style went hand-in-hand with substance, in a programme outstanding in vocalism and musicality.

****1

New York Polyphony zelebrieren Vokalmusik zum Palmsonntag in Amsterdam

Michael Klier, 24th March

Die Sänger von NYP beeindruckten mit einem Programme, in dem sie neue Kompositionen mit teilweise wiederentdeckter Renaissancemusik verbinden.

****1

Kopernikus revival finds inspiration – and cliché – in the afterlife

Kurt Gottschalk, 15th May

Composer Claude Vivier approaches the unknowable with a text delivered by a septet of vocalists in a language of his own invention. But the new production adds overly literal video, trading abstraction for the obvious.

***11

Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Robert Gainer, 9th April

The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.

****1

Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow

Cameron Kelsall, 9th April

In his first New York appearance since the termination of his contract as BSO Music Director, Nelsons courts public sympathy and makes some thrilling music.

***11

Karabits and Szeps-Znaider carouse with the LPO

Christopher Woodley, 8th April

The sparkle of Max Bruch's Fecond Violin Concerto and the drama of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony overcome the gloom of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s dark forebodings.

****1

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