The Lion, Reading

Not Kingsley but the title of a movement in True and False Unicorn, part of the Chandos Singers’ tribute to Finnish independence day. We began with Freedom on Saint Nicholas’ Day by Hyvönen, a composer whose career sadly ended when it had barely begun; he died aged about 20. Next came the Agnus Dei from Kokkonen’s Missa a cappella; illness in the tenor section prevented us from doing the complete work, so it lives to fight another day.

The second half was Rautavaara’s True and False Unicorn which included a wide variety of vocal techniques and styles: everything from a spiritual to serialism (in ‘Sigmund of Vienna’).

I don’t think the Finnish Embassy sent a representative, but they did advertise us on their website!

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