Thomas Tallis's Spem in Alium is somehow ahead of its time and therefore full of intrigue and wonder. Southern Voices welcomed alumni members to join to perform this extraordinary work. St Cross was the ideal venue for its performance, with a generous yet spacious acoustic, allowing the blend of sound to encompass the audience. The choir surrounded the audience so that music came from all corners of the building as each of the eight choirs interjected its musical statements.

Henryk Górecki and Eric Whitacre were the newer faces on this programme, with works that took advantage of the acoustic whilst being celebratory in text. Stephen Paulus used a mediaeval text but with a modern flavour, again a celebration of the past and present. 

Programme

Conductor: JAMAL SUTTON