Great Conviction

Mendelssohn, Mozart and Vivaldi
from Derby Choral Union,
reviewed by MIKE WHEELER

Mozart's Mass in C Minor may be incomplete but what there is, is a masterpiece. Derby Choral Union's performance (apparently only their second ever) with Musical Director Richard Dacey was well-grounded and often inspired (Derby Cathedral, Derby, UK, 21 April 2012). The Kyrie had great solidity and strength, there was a fine sense of build-up in Cum Sancto Spiritu, and a real frisson in the move from the Benedictus into the final Osanna...

DERBY CHORAL UNION

RICHARD DACEY

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

ANTONIO VIVALDI

DERBY CATHEDRAL

DERBY

UNITED KINGDOM

CHORAL MUSIC