St Michael's Chorus and Orchestra at St George's Bristol sing the B minor Mass

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 02 October 2012

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 29 September 2012

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232

St Michael's Chorus

David Lowe, Conductor

Helen Swift, Soprano

Robin Blaze, Countertenor

Robert Murray, Tenor

George Humphreys, Baritone

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.