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warmth, intimacy and depth

01 February 2009
Sunday Times
Stephen Pettitt

Both of these works are parody Masses, taking material from pre-existing chansons then using it to create magnificent but deeply moving structures. Each movement is a tour de force. This is the kind of music that challenges the alert ear to explore its micro-connections, its quotations and its brilliant canons, but its appeal is more universal than that. Peter Phillips directs the Tallis Scholars in carefully paced readings that mix pristine clarity with warmth, intimacy and depth.

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