The Canterbury Pilgrims – review

Hereford CathedralThough rarely heard nowadays, George Dyson's works were staples of the English choral repertory in the middle decades of the last century. The Three Choirs festival introduced three major commissions, but curiously until now the work that is regarded as Dyson's finest, The Canterbury Pilgrims, first performed in 1930, had never been heard at one of its annual gatherings.Superbly conducted by Martyn Brabbins, with the Philharmonia and the Festival Chorus and Susan Gritton, Alan ...

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