{"id":817,"date":"2012-01-03T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T12:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.org.uk\/?p=817"},"modified":"2012-01-12T10:08:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T09:08:59","slug":"st-davids-cathedral-23-july-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/st-davids-cathedral-23-july-2011","title":{"rendered":"St.Davids Cathedral Monday 2 January 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JOHN S.DAVIES conductor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There was a time when newspapers allotted space for music performance criticism, but now almost all find it unimportant.\u00a0 Thus outstanding events are sidelined and left just to the memory of those present.\u00a0 Such is the 21st<\/sup> New Year Concert given by The John S.Davies Singers on the 2nd<\/sup>, the\u00a0<\/strong>customary date not possible in St.Davids Cathedral, when it falls on a Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Daniel Cook, Organist and Master of the Cathedral choristers was in total\u00a0\u00a0accord with the conductor John S.Davies and his choir, ensuring a deeply\u00a0satisfying and extraordinary display of vocal and nstru-<\/strong>mental talent, <\/strong>under a conductor dedicated to the interpretation of meaningful texts.<\/h4>\n

With a smidgen of Bach sung offstage as the prelude and a recessional\u00a0 with music by John Rutter, which obviously took the assembled hundreds by\u00a0surprise. This topped and tailed a remarkable show of musical prowess in the\u00a0familiar and not so well-known.\u00a0 The varied items with shades of difference on organ and piano, played by Christopher Williams, was spiced with a capella, a great feature of this conductor\u2019s art.\u00a0<\/h4>\n

Tom Hunt of Worcester Cathedral lineage and member of the John S.Davies ensemble was the outstanding soloist in Vaughan Williams\u2019 Fantasia on Christmas Carols.\u00a0 <\/em>This haunting piece has now become a tradition at this annual event and as a departing listener said in so many words \u201cmy favourite piece and I must hear it again and again\u201d.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h4>\n

With so many pearls of musical compositional beauty in this international repertory selection from Wales and beyond, included Mathias, Grace Williams, Eric Jones and others, Grieg, Mendelssohn and traditional.\u00a0 Some gleamed with soloists allocated to several items, and all involved making it evident that the heart and soul shone through each singer.<\/h4>\n

The Old Hundredth<\/em>, with Daniel Cook in triumphant array, before the sung benediction, lifted the voices of all.\u00a0 Quite an occasion for this 21st<\/sup> annual event.<\/h4>\n

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Copy of a letter to the Editor\u00a0of the Western Telegraph :<\/h4>\n

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\n“I feel sure that every single person privileged to be present at the Cathedral Church of St.Davids on the January 2nd, would gladly declare with me what a superb concert the John S.Davies Singers gave there that unforgettable day. Under their renowned conductor and to the accompaniment of Daniel Cook (organ) and Christopher Williams (piano),their performance can only be described as awe-inspiringly beautiful. It was a profound experience for us all as that ancient and hallowed place resounded with such joyous music at the birth of the new year. These dedicated people truly deserve our appreciation and praise.”\u00a0 J.Towyn Jones<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0with\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Daniel Cook\u00a0Organist and Master of\u00a0 the choristers of\u00a0 St. Davids Cathedral and Christopher Williams piano JOHN S.DAVIES conductor There was a time when newspapers allotted space for music performance criticism, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","iawp_total_views":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsdaviessingers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}