Press | October 29, 2020
The Times – Purcell, Odes for a Queen Review
English Concert/ Bezuidenhout Review — A Stirring Performance That Melted Hearts “The arrows of the Almighty are within me/ And the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.” The words wafted around a former church in a deserted Westminster, a mournful message in a 17th-century bottle.”— Neil Fisher
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