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A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms

BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Chorus of Wales and Crouch End Festival Chorus
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Latonia Moore
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Phil Hughes, Steve Barnard
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Ryan Bancroft
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
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“pianissimi were featherlight, words were crisp, fervent and projected”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 23 July 2024
Verdi, Messa da Requiem
Latonia Moore, Soprano
Karen Cargill, Mezzo-soprano
SeokJong Baek, Tenor
Soloman Howard, Bass
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, Conductor
Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
****1
Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3
****1
Exciting Bacewicz and Lutosławski from Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC NOW
***11
Nil Venditti impresses in BBC Proms debut
****1
Music that eats into you: Schoenberg and Zemlinsky at the BBC Proms
****1
Playfulness and horror: Beethoven and Shostakovich in Cardiff
*****
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