Proms 30 & 31: BBC Symphony Chorus; BBCSO/Davies | Classical review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonLarge amateur choirs form the backbone of so many Proms but rarely get top billing, so it was good to find the BBC Symphony Chorus thrust firmly into the spotlight on Sunday afternoon.Their concert was bookended by hugely accomplished performances of two a cappella warhorses. Bolstered by soloists from Trinity College of Music, the chorus conquered the shifting harmonies of Poulenc's Figure Humaine and the sensual textures of Daniel-Lesur's Le Cantique des Cantiques. Th...

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