Work: Verbum Caro

The choir tackle an ambitious, if overly long programme of Advent-themed works with mixed results.

Some of England’s greatest choral music dates from the period of political and religious upheaval during the late 15th to early 17th centuries, when composers were having to adapt to new monarchs and changes to the church service almost as frequently as they would have changed their shirts.

Durch sechs Jahrhunderte und viele Regionen führte das prunkvolle weihnachtliche Chor- und Orgelkonzert in der Westminster Abbey.