NottmPostEG published ​Nottingham Harmonic Choir, Albert Hall - review

For conductor Richard Laing Saturday's performance of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle was much more than art for art's sake. His opening address to the audience drew attention to one particular section of the Mass: 'Whenever the enemy presses in,/God's strength comes to our aid' - allowing his listeners to decide for themselves what 'the enemy' meant in the context of recent events on both sides of the Atlantic.The opening of the Kyrie immediately demonstrated the power of music to transcend a