Saturday 13 December 2014

Penzance Choral Society's annual programme of Christmas music and readings (West Briton)

CHRISTMAS began in earnest on Friday evening as Penzance Choral Society performed its annual evening of festive music and readings.

The first half of the programme, at St Mary's Church, comprised the one work, Night Of Miracles, a cantata by American songwriter John W Peterson, a major influence on evangelical Christian music from the 1950s to the '70s.

A moving work – albeit short of truly memorable music, to my mind – the composer emphasised the ... continue reading

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