A magnificent B minor mass
One of the joys of singing in concerts is the post-concert phase of flashbacks, memories and the buzz that comes after a really memorable performance. Who needs drugs when there is choral singing? Saturday’s B Minor Mass was all-consuming, with drive and spectacular moments of a sheer wall of sound projected from 35 singers, consummate musicians giving it their all. And then singing a hushed pianissimo so quite that you wonder whether you are still producing any sound at all.
One of David’s incredible strengths as a conductor (I know I’m biased, I’m married to him!) is the utter dependability he gives in performance and his ability to draw ever more from singers regardless of their starting point, and never more so than on the concert platform. I have seen him work with singers of all levels from the most modest talent to the most accomplished, he inspires a confidence, a desire to want to sing better, that is astonishing.
Saturday’s concert will live in the memory for a long time to come – and I’m dewy-eyed about how fortunate I am to sing with such a magnificent group of musicians.
Tags: B minor mass, Bach, David Ogden, Exultate Singers
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