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Patrons: Dame Emma Kirkby and Sir David Willcocks
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Works: |
Haydn Duruflé |
Theresa Mass Requiem Quatre motets |
Performers: |
Somerset Chamber Choir London Festival Orchestra Elizabeth Watts Leigh Woolf Andrew Kennedy Christopher Maltman Rupert Gough Graham Caldbeck |
Soprano Mezzo- Tenor Baritone Organ Conductor |
Review:
One of the county's finest choirs, The Somerset Chamber Choir, conductor Graham Caldbeck,
produced yet another well-
Bringing together disparate forces -
Balance between instrumental and vocal forces is always a testing challenge at moments
of high drama and this proved to be so in the Requiem Sanctus where after a hair-
The soloists were admirable with Christopher Maltman possessing a voice of real character and used with powerful effect in the Requiem while Elizabeth Watts fine clarity of sound was particularly well suited for the Haydn Mass. Indeed all four soloists were suitably inspired to sing the Et incarnatus est section of the Credo in the most moving way.
The London Festival Orchestra (Principal Conductor Ross Pople) has a deserved and established reputation. This was particularly apparent in the demands of the Haydn Mass where a wide gamut of articulation and refined phrasing is required, not unlike the demands of the late Haydn symphonies.
Cathedral acoustics are notoriously difficult to work with and this presumably was the reason for the lack of tonal impact and clarity of attack in Duruflés Requiem by the trumpets and timps. And again the resonance was presumably responsible for a loss of harp clarity.
Congratulations to all those who gave much of their time behind the scenes to the
organising, promotion and presentation of this concert. The printed programme and
its contents was informative, well-
Andrew Maddocks
Saturday 30 July 2005
Wells Cathedral
Haydn & Duruflé