Gallicantus sing Lassus' Lagrime de San Pietro at Wigmore Hall

By Emily Owen, 09 July 2013

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 6 July 2013

de Lassus, Lagrime di San Pietro

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Emily Owen

A postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specialising in early music, Emily Owen is a freelance soprano, singing with numerous ensembles. She deputises in churches around London and also manages the newly formed London Youth Choir. Her website is here.