Somerset Choral Society performed the Mozart Requiem and Handel’s Foundling Hospital Anthem in Wedmore Church on Saturday 16th June to an audience of about 120 people that were very appreciative of their performance. Andrew Kirk played the organ accompaniment brilliantly while Lucy Balderson’s effortless top notes were fabulous. The three enthusiastic young male soloists acquitted themselves very well and, in particular, the counter-tenor Finn Lacey demonstrated his remarkable voice with some remarkable trills.
Ed Goater their Musical Director commented “Tremendous thanks from me to all of you for your work in the concert on Saturday. You all committed admirably to putting on the very best performance and, if occasionally lacking in tempo, was never lacking in enthusiasm and vigour! The Handel was very well sung, with all the passage work coming out nicely. I think people enjoyed hearing it for the first time. The Mozart was of course, a pleasure to perform and hear you sing. I was particularly impressed with how you coped with the difficulties of performing with the organ – live on the spot.”
All in all the end product was a very successful concert after a difficult rehearsal term.
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