Joyful Company of Singers at Presteigne Festival

By David Truslove, 24 August 2014

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Reviewed at St Mary’s Parish Church, Pembridge on 23 August 2014

Plowman, The Mariner's Compass

McCabe, The Lily-white Rose

McNeff, The Song of Amergin

Elgar, 2 Choral Songs (The Shower and The Fountain) part-songs, Op.71

Panufnik, Song to the Virgin Mary

Hoddinott, Three Shakespeare Songs

Williams, The Peaceful Night

Berkeley, Listen, listen O my child

Panufnik, Love Endureth

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A fine St John Passion in Valletta

Anthony Hart, 19th January

Bach's St John Passion thrills the audience at Valletta International Baroque Festival.

****1

Łukaszewski Première at the Prestiegne

David Truslove, 24th August

The Presteigne Festival went Polish this year with an enterprising perspective of contemporary and post-war works including the world première of Paveł Łukaszewski’s newly commissioned Requiem.

****1

Steve Reich at 90 celebrated in Liverpool

Pwyll ap Sion, 29th April

A compelling concert at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium offers a striking Josephine Stephenson’s UK premiere, dazzling John Adams and Steve Reich’s mesmerising Reich/Richter.

*****

Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

Chris Garlick, 29th April

As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen offers a multimedia tribute to the life and creative vision of the iconic British fashion designer.

****1

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

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David Truslove

After many years as a musician – conducting choirs, singing as a lay clerk at Winchester Cathedral and an involvement in education, David now writes programme notes, occasionally composes and enjoys a busy schedule of reviewing.

Joyful Company of Singers perform at the Presteigne Festival