On Sunday 8 March as part of our 150th Anniversary season, we performed the St Matthew Passion for the 177th time at the Royal Festival Hall. Here are some of our favourite photos from the day, and some quotes from reviewers Nick Holmes and Susan Elkin. All images are by Michael Whitefoot.
“Part Two belonged to the Choir, often singing now without scores, adding to the drama as they faced the audience. Their interjections in the scene with Pilate were perfectly controlled. They sang their immensely complex running lines in the chorus ‘He saved others’ with accurate aplomb. Elsewhere, they were suitably mournful and tender, with excellent blend and dynamics”
“David Hill had the huge forces completely under his hands and coaxed the crispest possible diction and a whole range of dynamic and harmonic richness from the choir”
