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One of the
best gets into the romantic spirit
PREVIEW - EX CATHEDRA
St Johns
ONE of the countrys finest choirs Ex
Cathedra is appearing at St Johns, Smith Square,
on Saturday performing a programme entitled the Romantic Spirit.
An excellent programme exploring a wide range of songs from
its earliest exponent Schubert, including Mendelssohn, Strauss
Elgar and even Schoenberg.
Perhaps a real highlight is Anton Bruckners Locus Iste,
one of the great choral pieces.
With its measured time, elegant Latin phrases, the piece is
particularly enchant-ing.
Normally performed unaccompanied, it is a work that should sound
excellent in the acoustics of St Johns Smith Square, the
unaccompanied voices echoing throughout the building.
Another treat will be Strausss 16-part Deutsche Motette.
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