The Sixteen/Christophers | Classical review

Barbican, LondonWith Sarah Connolly's celebrated mezzo and Dietrich Henschel's marvellously variegated bass, Harry Christophers had recruited some impressive talents for his performance of Bach's great B minor Mass. But to sing solo with the Sixteen can be an unforgiving experience. The choir are so wholly at one with the conductor and orchestra in tone and detail that any weakness among the soloists tends to be exposed ruthlessly.This effect is exacerbated in the Mass, whose solo parts are not ...

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