Press | August 18, 2019
I initially thought it was a human voice
Orfeo ed Euridice, Edinburgh International Festival “The 18th century-style oboe, bursting into song in the pastoral scene, was like an ecstatic sunburst – I initially thought it was a human voice – compared to the more focussed modern equivalent.”— Ken Walton, The Scotsman
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