Cd Reviews: Dreams Come Stunningly to Life ; Ex Cathedra/Birmingham Town Hall

Birmingham Post › January 28, 2008

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Intentionally or not, Jeffrey Skidmore's American Dreams programme fell into two distinct parts. Samuel Barber's increasingly ubiquitous Agnus Dei, a work that never fails to move, especially when sung with Ex Cathedra's fabulous lung-bursting control and sculptured tone, provided an introduction to the striking originality of Eric Whitacre, the new wunderkind of American choral music.

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Cd Reviews: Dreams Come Stunningly to Life ; Ex Cathedra/Birmingham Town Hall

After the interval we heard musical tributes, first from Morten Lauridse...

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