Review: Cantores Olicanae Christmas Concert at St John’s Church

The choir was on excellent form with clear diction, good balance and blend throughout and the audience was joining in with equal enthusiasm by the time we reached Hark the herald angels sing! An enterprising and varied programme is what we expect from this choir, always interspersed with carefully chosen readings which give a modern edge to the Christmas story.

Review: Cantores Olicanae concert – Summer Serenade, St John’s Church, Ben Rhydding, Saturday 11 June 2022

CANTORES Olicanae are making great strides under the guidance of their new musical director, Charlie Perry. Their concert on Saturday showed a choir that is gaining in assurance and enjoying its singing and that, of course, imparted itself to us, the audience, who left feeling uplifted.

“CROWNING Glory was the strapline for Cantores Olicanae’s spring concert with the Yorkshire Chamber Ensemble conducted by Charlie Perry. This double celebration of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee and the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary produced a tapestry of rich sonorities in the resonant All Saints Church.”

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