The Creation lifts the spirits on the fortieth anniversary of the Barbican Centre

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra / Harry Christophers (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.3.2022. (MB)

Lucy Crowe, Harry Christophers and the LSO (c) Mark Allan

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Overshadowed by world events, Yekaterinburg’s Bach Fest opens with stirring performances

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns: Taras Baginets (organ), Konstantin Tyulkin, Platon Gazeliridi (pianists), Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir, Urals Youth Symphony Orchestra / Aleksey Dorkin (conductor). Streamed live on Digital Concert Hall from Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Hall, 1.3.2022. (GT)

Aleksey Dorkin conducts the Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir and Urals Youth Symphony Orchestra

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Ex Cathedra’s premiere of a new Requiem for reconciliation and peace in Coventry Cathedral

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liz Dilnot Johnson: Gabriella Liandu (mezzo-soprano), Rupert Jeffcoat (organ), James Keefe (piano), Kadialy Kouyate (West African kora), various performing groups, Ex Cathedra Choir & Academy of Vocal Music / Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor). Coventry Cathedral, 26.2.2022. (CP)

Liz Dilnot Johnson’s When a Child is a Witness at Coventry Cathedral

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