Choral music
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‘My God, how courageous’: the British choirboys taking on an Indigenous family’s painful storyBpangerang poet Judith Nangala Crispin initially felt conflicted about the 583-year-old Choir of King’s College, Cambridge singing her verse – but she had a radical change of heart
To Sing of Love album review – sweetly glowing, beautifully coloured choral music
Partly set to medieval poetry, with eight singers and an orchestra boasting top soloists, these works pull heavily on the heartstrings
Home listening
Classical home listening: Golda Schultz’s Mozart, You Drive Me Crazy!; Kozłowski’s Requiem and moreThe soprano gets to the heart of ‘absolute gifts’ Susanna, Donna Elvira, the Contessa and co. In Singapore, the revival of an 18th-century gem
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius album review – Spence soars in otherwise passion-light period instrument recording
Paul McCreesh’s historically informed performance of the composer’s greatest choral work has many gains but ultimately never really catches fire
Amadeus, Elgar, a bogus gold disc and Goldie Hawn: Neville Marriner’s best recordings
The great British conductor was born 100 years ago today. His son Andrew picks his father’s most memorable recordings
Nash Ensemble: A Birtwistle Celebration review – an intense and poetic tribute
The Nash and BBC Singers selected poignant vocal and instrumental works in memory of the late composer, as well as the premiere of a new Simon Holt work honouring sculptor Richard Serra
The Sixteen review – alchemically distilled choral beauty
The group’s unequivocally world-class quality rang out, albeit intermittently, in this lucid performance of Duruflé’s Requiem and other 20th-century French-language works
Axing of Cambridge mixed choir ‘regressive move for women’, say supporters
Open letter backed by Rowan Williams and Aled Jones says decision is backward step ‘for arts provision for women in the UK’
‘A powerful message through song’: the UK’s Climate Choir Movement is growing
Founded in Bristol in 2022, ‘the moderate flank of protest’ has 600 members in 11 choirs
The week in classical: Oxford Bach Soloists: Christmas Oratorio; Chloë Hanslip, Danny Driver – review
Other lives
Margaret Rich obituary
Britain’s losing talent: US choirs poised to lead as school cuts hit supply of UK singers
Top musician says Britain’s choral tradition threatened by classroom cutbacks and fewer public school pupils at Oxbridge
Voces8 review – classy Christmas concert moves from the sacred to Santa
The vocal enemble’s programme of Christmas music old and new was hugely enjoyable, everything done with precision and care
OAE/Suzuki review – Bach’s Christmas Oratorio breathtakingly performed with tangible elation
The mix of exactitude and exaltation was perfectly judged by Masaaki Suzuki and the Age of Enlightenment orchestra and singers in this outstanding rendition of the first three cantatas
Home listening
From Bob Chilcott to the Chapel Royal: the best classical Christmas albums of 2023Singing by boys’ choir ‘sounds more brilliant’ when girls in audience
Home listening
Classical home listening: Mozart and CPE Bach from the Dunedin Consort; Cuarteto Quiroga’s AtomosOther lives
Robert Adams obituary
Satanic mills and sexy acorns: the choir complaining about Northampton
From the terrible parking to the awful mural of Charles and Camilla, the Northampton Complaints Choir puts it all in song. Our man joins to vent his frustrations – and gets a surprise
Home listening
Classical home listening: new releases from the Dudok Quartet and Choir of Merton College, OxfordThe Dutch string quartet span Pérotin to Reich in a thoughtful recital, while anthems by Dyson, Howells, Elgar and Finzi get the full orchestral treatment
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