In our report on Wednesday’s performance of the Babi Yar Symphony at the Royal Festival Hall, we found cause to praise the ‘impressive performance of the London Philharmonic male chorus’.
This drew a prompt request from the chair of the chorus to remove the noun ‘male’ when describing the LPC.
There are apparently two trans-women in the LPC’s tenor and bass sections.
The original edition of the Shostakovich score was published for ‘bass solo, male choir and orchestra’.
Some editions have now adjusted that to ‘bass solo, bass choir and orchestra’.
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