Concert and Review Archive
2002–2003 Season
Saturday, 9 November
2002, 7.00pm
Berlioz: Te Deum Walton: Coronation Te Deum
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical SongsSt Albans Bach
Choir St Albans Abbey Girls Choir St Albans
Cathedral Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Philip Salmon, Kenneth
Burgess
John Birch, Simon Johnson organ
Andrew Lucas
conductor
'The scarcity of performances of Berlioz's Te
Deum is generally attributed to the difficulty of bringing together the
required comibation of massed choirs, tenor soloist, organ and full scale
orchestra, but this supreme feat was achieved at the abbey on Saturday with all
the various elements superbly in place for a riveting performance of this
dynamic masterpiece.'
St Albans
Observer
'the quality of the performance was outstandingly
good.'
Herts Advertiser
Saturday, 14 December 2002, 3.00 and 7.00pm
Christmas Carols for AllHarlequin Brass
Andrew
Parnell organ
Andrew Lucas conductor
Saturday, 5 April 2003, 7.30pm
J S Bach: St Matthew PassionRogers Covey-Crump
Evangelist
Gavin Carr Christus
Patrizia Kwella, Simon
Baker, Robert Rice, Andrew Murgatroyd
City of London Sinfonia
St Albans
Abbey Girls Choir
Andrew Lucas conductor
'The choir more than
lived up to its growing reputation for excellence, with a clean and moving
performance. … Once more the evening was a complete triumph for the St
Albans Bach Choir.'
Herts Advertiser
Saturday, 12 July 2003, 7.30pm
Vaughan Williams: A Sea SymphonyStephen Roberts
City of London Sinfonia
Andrew Lucas conductor
Opening
concert of the 22nd St Albans
International Organ Festival.
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