The Bishop’s Consort: Acis and Galatea
A delightful performance of Handel’s “Acis and Galatea”, performed by the Bishop’s Consort with Hugo Hymas and Charlotte La Thrope in the title roles.
17 Jul 2014
My reviews of concerts in Durham. Full reviews on this page are written exclusively for this site. I generally buy my own tickets for concerts, especially when they are student or local amateur groups.
A delightful performance of Handel’s “Acis and Galatea”, performed by the Bishop’s Consort with Hugo Hymas and Charlotte La Thrope in the title roles.
Durham has been invaded by brass bands and we love it. I went to a concert by Onyx Brass and caught some of the colourful outdoor Streets of Brass performances.
Durham University Chamber Choir travel the length of the Americas drawing on the rich history and traditions of the whole continent to present a programme that was thrilling and challenging.
Anger and terror lie at the heart of English Touring Opera’s thrilling production of Tippett’s opera King Priam – my review from their performance at the Gala Theatre Durham.
Link to my Bachtrack review of “Perilous Polyphony a3” performed by members of Phantasm viol consort in the Great Hall at Durham Castle on Saturday evening.
Past and present members of Durham County Youth Choir gave a magnificent performance of Handel’s Messiah in Durham Cathedral to celebrate their 50th anniversary in an evening that showed what a vital role the choir plays in music education in the North East. Read my review here:
Review of a concert given by the Clothworkers Consort of Leeds in the Norman Chapel of agonisingly beautiful music for Passiontide by early English composers.
My review of a recital of baroque chorale preludes played by Dr Ian Brunt at St Helen Auckland that reminded me that there is more to organ music than the pull-out-all-the-stops variety.
Ben Rowarth’s “Christus: A Passiontide Sequence” is a powerful and provocative new approach to the story of Christ’s Passion, combining imaginative writing with a firm grounding in musical history. This startling new work was combined with an energetic performance of Mozart’s Requiem, sung by the Durham University Choral Society and Chamber Choir, conducted by Mike Summers.
