Mistake. The Sixteen was a year ago but the all-male criticism
applies. This year's choral were Gabrieli Consort and Bath Camerata.
I missed a marvellous French troupe doing a medieval wedding
in the Abbey.
Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask]
Lynx: Poetry from Bath .......... http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Douglas Clark wrote:
> I always try and see them when they come to the Bath Festival.
> This year It was THe Sixteen and I missed the female voices.
>
> If you had seen the hysterical state of the cat when belled
> you would understand my hesitancy to re-administer. It is
> a problem. His other fetish is for presenting me with
> enormous live wriggling worms.
>
>
>
> Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask]
> Lynx: Poetry from Bath .......... http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html
>
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Printmaker wrote:
>
> > Douglas Clark wrote:
> > >
> > > Disappointed tonight in Mahler's 5th, which I dont remember listening
> > > to all the way thru before, except for the sublime 3rd movement.
> > > Then The Bob Dylan Story on Radio 2 was brilliant as ever. Now
> > > it is my favourite Tallis Scholars.
> > >
> >
> > My favourite too! I saw them perform at (of all places)
> > Lismore Cathedral when they were touring here a few years
> > ago. Sublime experience. For me the best part was actually
> > seeing the voices emerge - who was responsible for those
> > soaring high notes.
> >
> > Josephine
> >
>
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