We celebrated yet another significant anniversary this evening when the Swansea Philharmonic Choir delivered their 60th anniversary concert with a magnificent performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor.
Before we got to that however, we were treated to a newly commissioned work by 27 year old composer, Nathan James Dearden from Tonyrefail. His 3 Postcards are three responses to City of Swansea on its 50th anniversary of receiving city status, and the choir's 60th anniversary.
The main event featured the Philharmonic Choir accompanied by British Sinfonietta, Soprano Daisy Walford, Counter-Tenor Keiron-Connor Valentine, Tenor Gareth Treseder and Bass Michael Lafferty. It is the first time I have heard the mass performed, so it was a pleasure to hear it done so well.
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