Bach Mass in B minor, Canticle Chamber Choir

Supported by the University of Sussex, the Canticle Chamber Choir brings together students and more experienced singers. It was experience that shone through in the solos and duets but the choir and orchestra, conducted by James Lloyd Thomas, gave the audience a wonderful rendition of Bach’s choral masterpiece.

We were bathed in beautiful and reflective passages like the ‘Gratias’ and the ‘Agnus Dei’ and shaken by the lapels with rousing sections like the ‘Sanctus’ and ‘Et resurrexit’ which almost raised the roof of St. Paul’s whose acoustic welcomed but did not dominate or muffle the enthusiastic singers and musicians.

St Paul’s Church, 19 May 2012

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