Dunblane Cathedral was packed on Sunday, 25th November for the concert given by Rosenethe Singers with their Director, Kevin Duggan, and there was a real feeling of anticipation from the audience who had come to hear Mozart, Mass in C Minor (Great Mass), and Haydn, Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass). Happily, we were not disappointed. The choir and a talented quartet of young soloists, ably and stylishly supported by the Scottish Bach Players led by Angus Ramsay, gave strong performances of both works.

 

From the opening Kyrie (Mozart) to the end of Agnus Dei (Haydn), Rosenethe Singers maintained an extremely high level of choral singing, using a wide range of vocal colour and expression. They met the challenges of running passages and fugal entries, singing with a bright clear tone, which suited the period, and were also able to sing movingly in Qui tollis (Mozart) and in Et incarnatus est (Haydn), conveying a real sense of the text. All credit to the male choristers whose voices came through, even in the double chorus section. Although diction was pretty clear throughout, it could be made even stronger by using more positively focused vowels.

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