j8000 wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 09, 2024 9:38 pm">4 months ago</span>
The Temple Church Choir are singing Vivaldi's Gloria in concert next week, sadly (not for them!) now sold out.
Well, without wanting to rub any more salt in Sabine's wounds, yes, I hope to be there next week.
Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 09, 2024 6:10 pm">4 months ago</span>
I feel like King's College is probably better for services than concerts these days, no? I wonder how they're fairing under Daniel Hyde versus Cleobury.
So their Christmas concerts I've found tend not to be their best showcase. One of the best concerts of theirs was their Barbican concert in 2017 where they sung Chichester's Psalms and Dona Nobis Pacem, for their album release of the same pieces and it was fantastic. But the very best I've heard was one in Cadogan Hall where they sung mostly a cappella, and I just found the sound they produced and the tonal quality utterly stunning.
I've heard them once under Hyde, and they were very good, excellent in some pieces even, if not really outstanding.
I was at the RFH in 2018 for their Xmas concert and it was clear Cleobury was already struggling, he made to move the choir offstage and the light started to go up, only for someone to remind him there was still music to play... I was also at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, in June 2019, there as Press for a choral magazine, where he gave a talk about cathedral choirs and choristers. He passed away in November that year.
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