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Vasari Singers

Dupré ‘De Profundis’ and Fauré ‘Requiem’ – Concert Review

Holy Trinity, Clapham Common – 3rd February 2001 An exciting taster for the Vasari Singers’ forthcoming CD Dupré remains all too shadowy a figure in the awareness of concert-goers: organist at Saint-Sulpice but a widely travelled concert soloist, particularly in America, he developed a highly individual compositional style. This, whilst it may prefigure Duruflé or Messiaen […]

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Bach Motets – Concert Review

St John’s Smith Square, 6th May 2000 Singers on great form! The Vasari Singers’ latest concert at St John’s, Smith Square in London was a splendidly ambitious programme of the sort that we have come to expect from this expert team. Performing all six Bach motets in a single evening is a daunting task, but […]

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David Fanshawe’s ‘African Sanctus’ – Concert Review

St John’s, Smith Square 8th May 1999 The Mirror, 15th May 1999 Songs worth praise I CONTACTED the Arts Council this week, asking for sponsorship for my latest musical project. What with all the voice-mail around nowadays, I’m planning to form my own mail-voice choir, with thousands of answering machines playing in the Royal Albert […]

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