Lights in dark places
Edmund Rubbra’s Nine Tenebrae Motets and David Lang’s Little Matchgirl Passion performed by Durham University Chamber Choir, directed by Matthew McCullough.
4 Mar 2023
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.
Edmund Rubbra’s Nine Tenebrae Motets and David Lang’s Little Matchgirl Passion performed by Durham University Chamber Choir, directed by Matthew McCullough.
A small, concentrated dose of steamy Italian passion is beautifully sung by the Dunelm Consort in this nicely constructed programme.
Earthy folk songs and heavenly rapture in Durham University Chamber choir’s summer concert.
From Austria to America, by way of a Scottish motorway – quartets by Haydn, Meredith and Dvořák, played by the Frankland Quartet
DUOS Chamber serve up a delightful musical equivalent of pre-dinner drinks, but their concert showed why Durham so desperately needs a concert hall.
Durham University Choral and Orchestral Societies deliver a moving and powerfully sung programme, conducted by John Forsyth MBE
Stylish playing by DUOS Symphony Orchestra in a richly romantic programme of British rarities.
Lady Luck is on DULOG’s side in this gloriously joyful production of ‘Guys and Dolls’
Durham University Chamber Choir show technically brilliant singing and musical sensitivity in a fascinating programme of contrasts.