http://www.bbtrust.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:58:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.bbtrust.com/blog/breathing-into-freedom-an-afternoon-session-with-patsy-rodenburg/#comment-2551 Trevor Beach Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:30:39 +0000 http://www.bbtrust.com/blog/?p=181#comment-2551 We recently heard Joshua Hopkins at this year's Verbier Festival sing part of Vaughan Williams' 'Songs of Travel', accompanied (superbly) by Simon Lepper. It was the most beautiful performance we have ever heard of this work. The sensitivity of interpretation, control of dynamics and perfect diction (we heard every word from the back of a building with unforgiving accoustics) combined to move us, and those we were with, near to tears. We recently heard Joshua Hopkins at this year’s Verbier Festival sing part of Vaughan Williams’ ‘Songs of Travel’, accompanied (superbly) by Simon Lepper. It was the most beautiful performance we have ever heard of this work. The sensitivity of interpretation, control of dynamics and perfect diction (we heard every word from the back of a building with unforgiving accoustics) combined to move us, and those we were with, near to tears.

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