We performed a range of music which included pieces to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III: Piers Maxim's The King shall rejoice and Joanna Forbes L'Estrange's The mountains shall bring peace. Supplementing these, we performed pieces ranging from the Renaissance (such as Gibbon's serene anthem, Almighty and Evaerlasting God to secular works such as Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, to more modern works from the jazz age such as Cole Porter's Begin the Beguine; and a whole gamut of works in between. The most notable works, perhaps, as being quite different to ACS's 'standard'repertoire, were Arvo Pärt's The Beatitudes and Morten Lauridsen's O nata lux. Colin Spinks was his usual wonderful self as our accompanist and Jeff Stewart directed us with aplomb and inspiration. |