Work: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus

Lars Vogt and Royal Northern Sinfonia deliver Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 with swaggering self-confidence, and heroic chorus singing.

A competition for young composers run by the National Centre for Early Music may perhaps, at first glance, sound like a contradiction, but the winning pieces, performed tonight by the Tallis Scholars in Durham Cathedral, acknowledged the glories of early polyphonic choral music whilst conveying their composers’ own distinct musical ideas.

Vor allem bei Gabrieli funktionierten Balance und Herangehensweise wenig überzeugend, bei Schütz allerdings entwickelte sich ein auf die Fähigkeiten, Texte und Effekte gerichtetes Klangfest.