Golgotha – review

King's College Chapel, CambridgeNobody seems quite sure when Frank Martin's Golgotha was last heard in the UK, though Malcolm Sargent certainly conducted a performance for the BBC in the 1950s. It has remained rare enough for the composer's widow, Maria, now in her 90s, to make the journey from her home near Amsterdam to hear this one, which was part of the Easter week music at King's, with Stephen Cleobury conducting the Philharmonia Chorus and the BBC Concert Orchestra.Martin composed the 90-m...

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