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Article: Pure faith lifts soul; London Sinfonietta, Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- March 13, 1998
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BILLED as The Acts of Faith, these religious offerings either send you into raptures or try the patience of a saint.
The concert formed part of the Towards the Millennium celebration which has now reached the 70s while also marking the Sinfonietta's 30th anniversary.
The evening started well with the pure, almost hypnotic strings of Arvo Part's Tabula Rasa, featuring solo violinists Clio Gould and Joan Atherton.
But Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel, based on a collection of paintings, is an abstract mish-mash of vocal humming and occasional violin, ...