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Bach Secular Cantatas – Edinburgh International Festival – The Scotsman
Ken Walton, The Scotsman
★★★★
The latter was the more persuasive, not just for its uncommonly extravagant orchestration – trumpets, horns and timps crowning the wind and strings with resplendent euphoria – but also the compositional grit that gives rugged theatrical edge to otherwise standard cantata numbers, and which the Dunedin singers engagingly characterised.
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Magnificat – Classical MPR Review
Jodi Gustafson, Classical MPR
The effect is reverent and seamless. The musicianship of the singers and the players is flawless, and it’s interesting to hear the works in their historical context.’
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