Three Choirs festival – review

Worcester Cathedral/Huntingdon Hall, WorcesterElgar remains the staple of Three Choirs festival, but this early commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 saw the brave choice of John Adams's work On the Transmigration of Souls, written for the first anniversary, being staged.While the work was paired with Mozart's Requiem, Adams himself avoided the words requiem or memorial, and the attendant musical conventions. He sought instead a contemplative piece, where transmigration may apply to the...

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