In the Bach Magnificat, the English Consort’s ten singers (including soloists) and 17 instrumentalists managed to fill the hall with a resonant joy where necessary, while still making each voice count. The Wigmore acoustic allowed the continuo parts in particular – Joseph Crouch’s cello, Sergio Bucheli’s theorbo – to emerge with the prominence that their sensitive playing earned.

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“Bach’s holiness has its wild, rough and earthy side: her punk virtuosity with this most untameable of brass beasts made it thrillingly audible” “…singers and players alike glowed, gripped and soared. In the right hands, and voices, Bach’s great farewell portmanteau can always sound, and feel, freshly-made” The Arts Desk
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