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JOE CONWAY reviews last week’s classical concerts, with high praise for CUCO and the Endellion String Quartet.

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JOE CONWAY reviews this week’s classical events.

JOE CONWAY : ‘James’s diction was consistently clear, even in Where’er You Walk, with its notorious continuation Cool gales shall fan the glade! (Try saying that after a few May Ball drinks!)’

JOE CONWAY : ‘A concert is more than just a musical performance. It’s more like a cocktail of things – the works on the programme, the way they’re approached, the setting, and the atmosphere.’

JOE CONWAY : ‘It was obvious that the performers were whole-heartedly responding to Sir Roger Norrington’s approach, raising their game, and generally giving everything they’d got.’

JOE CONWAY : ‘Cordelia highlighted the musical and mystical qualities of the work while delivering the bravura passages with commendable accuracy, but with a measure of modesty and restraint too.’

JOE CONWAY : ‘This worthwhile artistic project failed to communicate anything of Dante’s monumental poem. Instead we were treated to over forty minutes of sheer compositional self-indulgence.’

JOE CONWAY : ‘One of the great things about classical music is the way it can plunge you directly into another world, another time, and another culture. Not to mention the mindset of the composer.’