Toto’s “Africa”, performed by a choir
Last night I attended a free concert at Wellington Church on University Avenue (as part of the West End Festival) to hear various works including Vivaldi's Gloria (not Gloria's "Vivaldi".) We heard an organ piece which attempted to emulate a thunderstorm as it interrupts a typical church service. It was a brave attempt (the thunder was more convincing than the lightning, it has to be said).
Coincidentally in my email this morning is a link from the Innocent Smoothies newsletter of Perpetuum Jazzile Choir.
It's hard to get traditional choirs to do this kind of thing well, because the disciplines are so different for pop music than they are for classical, particularly with respect to groove/feel.
But I think these guys do it very well indeed.
Looking forward to the JS Bach Mass in B Minor tomorrow performed by the Dunedin Consort in the same venue. Tickets are still available for this work, sometimes described as the humanity's most eloquent argument for the existence of God…
Tickets are £10 on the door (contrary to what the festival website says), or £5 for students. 7.30 start.
