Bouncy Vitality
The Sitwell Singers' Christmas concert, heard by MIKE WHEELER
Two years ago the Sitwell Singers and conductor Malcolm Goldring launched their Christmas concert with a hair-raisingly vibrant account of James MacMillan's O Radiant Dawn. This year they did it again, only this time from the back of the church, with just as much impact, if not more — St John's Church, Derby, UK, 18 December 2018.
After Goldring's own arrangement of 'Away in a Manger', with some adroitly-navigated harmonic shifts, the choir played the evening's wild card early...
Copyright © 28 December 2018
Mike Wheeler, Derby UK
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