Soprano Watts captured the spirituality of Finzi’s Dies Natalis while a tribute to Afghan poet Nadia Anjuman was sung with overwhelming commitment alongside relishingly played new and old string music
Francis Pott’s compelling 1999 work was voted audience’s favourite festival premiere and so won a second performance at this year’s event. Its emphasis on war and human destruction feels even more urgent
By Moses Oludele Idowu
“My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul