Huge applause for Andrew Lumsden (and Claudia Grinnell) at the conclusion of this afternoon’s ’farewell’ evensong. Congregation of hundreds; wonderful singing – the most musical congregation I’ve ever had the privilege to be a part of.
Andrew directed the choir and played us out magnificently through the last hymn and voluntary. Extraordinarily positive congregation celebrating 22 years of his first-class direction and music-making.
This week’s guest on David Krauss’s Speaking Soundly is the stellar mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, who talks about audiences… in front of a live audience. ‘You have to prove yourself every time,’ she says. ‘There is […]
We hear that Lydia Connolly is leaving HarrisonParrott after 40 years. Her artists include Lisa Batiashvili, Randall Goosby, Osmo Vanska and Harry Christophers. Lydia (pictured) is the company’s head of inclusion and access. She has […]
The NDR Vokalensemble and many hundreds of guest singers under the baton of Simon Halsey at the Sing-along Concert 2025. On the program: works by John Rutter, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Gabriel Fauré, Anton Bruckner and others. […]