'I do it, because I must. His hand on mine.'

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2017 (19 to 26 October)
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This is a place-holder for a review of the world premiere of Sally Beamish and David Harsent's The Judas Passion, as performed at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, on Sunday 24 September (after broadcaster Tom Service had hosted a pre-concert talk with them from 7.30 p.m.)

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The story of Christ from an unlikely perspective: @sfbeamish & @DavidHarsent1 discuss their #JudasPassion @theoae https://t.co/PpRqkOLSDK pic.twitter.com/35FXuGwH6d

— BBC Front Row (@BBCFrontRow) September 22, 2017

Superb questioning of @sfbeamish and @DavidHarsent1, by the ever-acute / expressive @tomservice, before #JudasPassion WP at @SaffronHallSW !

— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) September 24, 2017

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#Judaspassion rehearsals at the amazing Saffron Hall for @theoae. Apologies for lack of flash. Gorgeous place to play, fab crew. #happyperc pic.twitter.com/ehgbMgVmxn

— chris brannick (@chrisbrannick) September 24, 2017

You were terrific, @chrisbrannick, from deft tubular-bell chimes to the Judas chimes to the bass rumble and drum-beats of the work's close ! https://t.co/5Y9jUDOE8o

— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) September 24, 2017

*blush* #humblebrag https://t.co/362AfUabYf

— chris brannick (@chrisbrannick) September 25, 2017

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A review in Tweets : The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and King's College Choir

A review, in Tweets, of the opening concert of Cambridge Music Festival 2014

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2014 (28 August to 7 September)
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12 November

A review, in Tweets, of the opening concert of Cambridge Music Festival 2014 (@cammusicfest), given at King's College Chapel (@Kings_College) by its choir (@ChoirOfKingsCam) and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (@theoae) under Stephen Cleobury, with soloists Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Susanna Hurrell (soprano), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), and Ben Appl (bass)

A lovely afternoon with Richard @AAMorchestra Egarr's @harmoniamundi two-disc Goldberg Variations (BWV 988), then Bach at @cammusicfest !
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

A photo from rehearsals earlier this afternoon for our concert of Bach now underway in the Chapel! pic.twitter.com/IbDqqhEJZS

— King's College Choir (@ChoirOfKingsCam) November 12, 2014

The @cammusicfest concert at @Kings_College Chapel gave us the aetherialaria Auchmitgedämpften, schwachenStimmen(BWV 36) - as in Heaven
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major (BWV 1047) at @cammusicfest : the Andante had the simplicity of the truly divine, woodwind and strings
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

At @cammusicfest, James Gilchrist's vivid interpretation of Cantata IcharmerMensch, ichSündenknecht(BWV 55) shared another Erbarmedich
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

Some glorious playing throughout @theoae's performance this evening at @ConcertsatKings during @cammusicfest, not least from leader Ken Aiso
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

Joyous finale to the all-Bach @theoae / @cammusicfest concert at @Kings_College Chapel in his Magnificat(BWV 243) : the sense of a whole ->
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

-> The vocal soloists, singly and combined, worked well, the men and boys of @ChoirOfKingsCam were strong, and @theoae assured good feeling
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

At @yorkearlymusic, another chance to hear @theoae on Friday 12 December : remembering their energetic bass, and lively organ, oboes, flutes
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

Though, in fact, the organ, which Bach uses superbly well in the Magnificat, would have been played by an Organ Scholar of @Kings_College...

— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) November 13, 2014

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