| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 23-Sep-2012 St Mary's Parish Church | Lammermuir Festival: Fauré Requiem with Northern Sinfonia and NYCOS |
If three years is sufficient to constitute a tradition then, traditionally, a Lammermuir Festival ends with a sell-out concert in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington. And if year three is sufficiently far along the line to break with tradition, then this year’s surprise was not box-office focused but based on choice of repertoire; not a Bach/Handel finish, but an all-French programme.
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| 23-Jul-2012 Hereford Cathedral | A window on the Three Choirs Festival: Debussy, Tabakova and Fauré |
After weeks of foul weather, this was more like it. Proper sunshine for a summer festival. Around Hereford Cathedral, watched over by a statue of Elgar draped in a fresh laurel wreath, Three Choirs Festival-goers enjoyed the warmth before venturing inside for equally sunny music. Even the yellow flowers framing the stage carried through the theme, setting off the golden centre-stage harp. This in turn shimmered in the sunlight streaming through the stained glass windows.
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