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| The Washington Bach Consort: "An International Christmas" Throughout the concert, Lewis used singers from the ensemble as soloists -- most of them drawn from his pure-voiced and confident pool of sopranos. All of them revealed accomplished voices, not least Esther Brazil, whose soaring, radiant sound crowned a serene, Welsh-language reinvention of "Silent Night" (scored entirely for sopranos and mezzos) by Geraint Lewis. The Washington Post Unusually, the solo numbers were taken by different members of the choir, a practice that I have seen done by other choirs with limited success, as the quality of the soloists varied greatly. No such problems here, though; the Queen's soloists uniformly impressed. I particularly liked Esther Brazil's Laudamus te, which she sang strongly and sympathetically, with a beautiful tone and perfect diction. The Oxford Times |
