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symphony for only the second time in his life — made sure that a crackle of energy palpitated

beneath every phrase, even in the vast Adagio, driving everything forwards alongside the huge

sense of scale.

Nor was that all. Alongside the symphonies, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Glasshouse’s home

team, performed the F minor mass with their chorus alongside Durham University Choral

Society, and even the String Quintet got an outing with RNS principals. A sequence of
unaccompanied motets sung in the vast foyer only set the seal on a completely exceptional

experience, one to leave you exhausted and exultant at the same time.

★★★★★