The more purely folkloric section of the program, sung mostly by the group's expert chamber choir, included Mack Wilberg's lively harmonization of a Scottish folk tune, "O Whistle and I'll Come to Ye," and Derek Healey's dialogue-rich arrangement of "Danse, Mon Moin', Danse!," a French-Canadian song.
The expert Berlin Radio Choir, trained by Simon Halsey and singing without scores, the clarity of the two orchestras which Bach demands, sitting in their own defined floor space with Rattle moving between the two, all added depth and a sense of shared exploration.
It's quite plain to see how the cacophony of idealised images of family life, as played out by certain Hollywood stars, along with that choir of "expert" voices on loop telling parents what they and their offspring should be feeling/doing/desiring/achieving, often serve to widen the gap between action and satisfaction when it comes to parenting.
Gable transforms herself from Atlanta choir director to Palladio expert, deciphering the villa's 300-year-old grafitti and studying its trademark double portico (which would later inspire Thomas Jefferson's Monticello).
The men-and-boys choir of St. Thomas Church, under the expert leadership of John Scott, provides impeccable performances in the Anglican tradition, with the period-instrument ensemble Concert Royal.
He was preaching to the choir: an annual festival of data protection and privacy experts; people steeped in the increasingly discomfiting reality of trying to control data online – bits in a tornado.
The sound he drew from his 22-voice mixed choir was lush, flexible and beautifully unified, and it was supported by an expert period instrument band.
She hears the choir at Leicester Cathedral and visits the bell foundry in Loughborough where experts are repairing the earthquake damaged bells from Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand.
