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Article: Cantata Singers thrills with lively Requiem.
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- The Boston Herald
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- January 24, 1998
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The Cantata Singers at Jordan Hall, Boston, last night.
It is performances like this weekend's German Requiem by the Cantata Singers that attract music lovers to Boston.
How many other cities could boast of the indigenous music-making that makes such a profound and thrilling performance possible? Indeed, it would be hard to imagine an ensemble of international stars who could have made such a thrilling sound as well as illuminating the life-affirming, spirit-sustaining message of the work.
Under the direction of David Hoose, the concert opened with a peculiar and fascinating preface - Kurt Weill's Symphony No. 1, the "Berliner Sinfonie" composed ...