The Chapter House Choir of York Minster is not one of Britain's venerable cathedral choirs, but was founded in the late '60s as part of a fundraising effort aimed at restoring the great structure. The choir's programs proved so popular that it turned into an ongoing operation. It's easy to see why from this collection of seasonal favorites, which mixes traditions in such a way that the program seems to be offering something new at every turn even if it is mostly familiar in one way or another, especially for British ...
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The Chapter House Choir of York Minster is not one of Britain's venerable cathedral choirs, but was founded in the late '60s as part of a fundraising effort aimed at restoring the great structure. The choir's programs proved so popular that it turned into an ongoing operation. It's easy to see why from this collection of seasonal favorites, which mixes traditions in such a way that the program seems to be offering something new at every turn even if it is mostly familiar in one way or another, especially for British listeners. The Chapter House Choir is a mixed-gender adult group with 36 members. The sound is tonally accurate and burnished to a clear state equidistant from the pure and voluptuous ends of the spectrum. The program includes one of the group's trademarks, which is that the members fall silent vocally from time to time and pick up handbells, performing original compositions in that medium. It's a sprightly break in a sequence of choral pieces that are accompanied by organ or nothing at...
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