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Monday 30 July 2007

 

Music:  Vaughan Williams Willow Song, O Mistress Mine, Come Away, Death, Britten Chorale after an Old French Carol, Shepherd’s Carol, Sir John Tavener The Tyger, The Lamb
Artists:  Polyphony, Stephen Layton conductor

 

Stephen Layton

What the papers said:

Using little or no vibrato, the group conjures a smooth, unblemished timbre like alabaster rendered in sound. Singers are hand-picked to create an aural pyramid, with light, high voices - enriched by, as far as one could tell, three male altos - resting on a sturdy bedrock of basses. Far from compressing the timbre, such careful structuring allows rare lucidity and resonance.
THE EVENING STANDARD


What you said:

Ha Anderson
I think this sounds like funeral music

Scott Cooper
A lovely concert on a summer afternoon. How peaceful and tranquil, makes you glad to be alive and even more so British.

J Hisey
What a stunningly beautiful concert. Layton and Polyphony are indeed wonderful music makers.


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