Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Sacred and profane solace for the soul
PIC CAP: Ebullient: Harry Christophers Pic: Jebulon/Wikicommons
ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
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Peter Mitchell's photography reveals a poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
The Sixteen
Kings Place, London N1
IN A series of concerts around Britain over the past seven months The Sixteen, led by their founder and conductor Harry Christophers, have been showcasing and contrasting the works of two great English composers, William Cornysh and Benjamin Britten, who were prolific writers of choral music but whose work was separated by more than four centuries.
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