I get to hear Eternal Light

This piece by Howard Goodall seems to be flavour of the month right now. It received two performances on the south side of Lansdown Hill within four weeks, the second being by CanZona. It formed the second part of a concert which had a mixed bag of Byrd, Elgar and Walton in the first half (including Let all the world by Walton which I didn’t know). Eternal Light is itself a bit of a mixed bag, including a variety of styles. I’d probably enjoy singing it if I didn’t have to devote too much rehearsal time to it. CanZona benefited from my having declined to hear the other performance of the piece, as had I gone to that I probably wouldn’t have wanted to hear another so soon afterwards.

Meanwhile others in the family went to Welsh National Opera’s Il trovatore in Bristol, which they enjoyed. I myself saw this production on a previous outing. They were particularly impressed by David Soar in the role of Ferrando, though the four principals were all satisfactory.

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