Reviews: Full-Bodied Choir Acquit Themselves in Any Language ; City of Birmingham Choir Symphony Hall ***

Birmingham Post › May 19, 2008

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No complaints about variety in this Favourites from the Opera concert or about the versatility of the choir, who acquitted themselves well singing in Italian, Russian and their native language.

There was excellent support from the CBSO, who also took centre stage in the Four Sea Interludes from Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, which began with a hushed, shimmering dawn and ended with a powerful storm.

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Reviews: Full-Bodied Choir Acquit Themselves in Any Language ; City of Birmingham Choir Symphony Hall ***

The Moonlight section was not so successful, with conductor Adrian L...

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