Duruflé Requiem at the Lammermuir Festival

By Alan Coady, 15 September 2014

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Reviewed at St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington on 14 September 2014

Pärt, Summa

de Grigny, Veni creator Spiritus

Pärt, Fratres

Duruflé, Requiem

National Youth Choir of Scotland

The Lammermuir Festival Players

Philip Sawyer, Organ

Christopher Bell, Conductor

Edward Gardner brings the London Philharmonic to the EIF

Simon Thompson, 5th August

The Planets gets the star treatment from Gardner and the LPO, while Beatrice Rana brings disarming delicacy to Rachmaninov.

****1

Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival

David Smythe, 2nd August

John Tavener's epic, eight-hour all-night vigil opens the festival in monumental style, directed by Thomas Guthrie.

*****

Edinburgh Festival explodes into life with Golijov's St Mark Passion

Simon Thompson, 3rd August

Golijov's La Pasión según San Marcos is full of life, but seeing it as well as hearing it definitely helps.

****1

Edinburgh International Festival closes with a magnificent Gerontius

Simon Thompson, 28th August

The festival's final concert marks several endings, including the fulfilment of Sir Andrew Davis' Elgar oratorio cycle with the RSNO.

*****

Prom 31: An intoxicating La Damnation de Faust

Mark Valencia, 8th August

An unapologetic treat at the Proms and a composition of immediate appeal.

****1

Jenkins’ The Armed Man hits the spot in Edinburgh

David Smythe, 13th August

NYCOS showcase at The Edinburgh Fringe: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins was a moving performance, and a thrillingly muscular take on Mozart’s Requiem let the young voices gloriously soar.

****1

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Alan Coady

Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.