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3 Aug 2017

Prom 25 (Late night): Bach & Schütz - Reviews

Financial Times (prem) ★★★★★ by Richard Fairman

‘There is no beating this team on top form.’

’...the Reformation is celebrated in a blazing affirmation.’

The Telegraph by Ivan Hewett

’...like a gorgeously coloured procession, with bright fanfares of cornets and drums on one side answered by voices and violins on the other.’

‘Just on the level of sensuous appeal it was an overwhelming evening.’

The Times (prem) ★★★★ by Richard Morrison

’...the excitement of this performance was as much physical as mental, thanks to the superb clarity and dancing energy of the performance.’

‘It had stylish ensemble and solo work from Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras and the English Baroque Soloists…’

’...deft and dance-like interprestations from John Eliot Gardiner…’