UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Heaven is stormed in an exciting Verdi Requiem from the Edinburgh Festival Chorus

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi: Miah Persson (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Antonio Poli (tenor), William Thomas (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (chorus director: James Grossmith), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.3.2024. (SRT)

Edinburgh Festival Chorus © Jess Shurte

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Let All The World In Every Corner Sing: Harry Bicket returns to Cardiff

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Garcia: Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Harry Bicket (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 22.3.2024. (PCG)

BBC NOW’s Let All The World In Every Corner Sing: Conductor Harry Bicket (above) and Baritone Julien Van Mellaerts (below)

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Saint Cecilia Singers premiere an important and moving new work by Neil Cox in Gloucester

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Byrd, Cox, Williams, Allegri, Bernstein: Tom Lilburn (countertenor), Piers Maxim (organ), Laura Morris (French horn), Cecily Beer (harp), Jack Redman (keyboard), Diggory Seacome, Anna Newman (percussion), Ivan Barritt (sound engineer); Saint Cecilia Singers / Jonathan Hope (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral 22.3.2024. (JQ)

Saint Cecilia Singers

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