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There isn’t just one, so I’m suggesting a bunch here. The first two come from the English Group Polyphony, with two albums called O magnum misterium (note the middle English spelling) and A Christmas Present from Polyphony. You would never know what a wasteland much of 20th century composing was from listening to these albums.…

A friendly spirit of rivalry turned into a show of inspiring unity in the finale performance of the inaugural Adelaide Chamber Choir Festival.

“I think people will leave happy, but also with some useful advice about life and love.” Can’t be bad.

Review: Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, Saturday 18th December 2021

Christmas Oratorio. Ensemble Resonanz presents Bachs Christmas Oratorio as Hausmusik among friends. With a small cast and no large choir, the ensemble has arranged 30 arias, recitatives, choruses, and chorales from Bachs masterpiece in its own version. The score remains untouched, but electric guitar and Hammond organ sound in the continuo, there’s only one trumpet, and the whole ensemble joins in the chorales. View here. ** Delibes’s Sylvia. Conductor: Kevin Rhodes, choreography: Manuel ...