New York Polyphony's UK Debut at Cadogan Hall

By James Potter, 23 March 2012

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 21 March 2012

Smith, Surrexit Christus

Power, Beata progenies

Dunstable, Speciosa facta es

Smith, Worcester fragments (1300): Flos regalis

Cornysh II, Ave Maria, mater dei

Smith, Ave Maris Stella

Lambe, Stella caeli

Crecquillon, Lamentations of Jeremiah

Schubert, Four quartets for male voice, D.983 (Op.17)

Brown, Abschied vom Leser

Brown, The Dying Californian

Finzi, Thou didst delight my eyes, Op.32

Janequin, La guerre, madrigal

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James Potter

James Potter is a musician and writer based in Oxford, with a diverse portfolio of work including singing, playing, editing, transcribing, and writing about music. He enjoys a wide variety of styles, with an especial interest in early music performance, and blogs on the interactions of music and video games here.