Elgar country in West Yorkshire - the Church Times review of our recent concert 'Elgar and his legacy'

Here are a few newspaper clips of what the critics say:

B Minor Mass 2008

[Simon] Lindley's lightness of touch and his scrupulous attention to the textural contrasts between the movements were the conspicuous qualities of the evening...from the exhilarating power and majesty of the Gloria to the Credo's sublime Crucifixus and the electrifying release of energy in the ensuing Et resurrexit with the full-throated power and the bright, ringing tone of the St Peter's Singers and the high trumpets... Alto Kathryn Woodruff's solos were wonderfully imbued with humanity and tenderness

Geoffrey Mogridge, of the Ilkley Gazette/Airedale and Wharfedale Observer

'Messiah':

'[Simon Lindley's] Messiah was revelatory'

'an ego-less ensemble occasion...exquisitely musical'

'St.Peters Singers were faultless, immaculately balanced and effortlessly dexterous'

'Lindley revealed the chorus Since by man came death as the real core of the work performed magically by St Peter's Singers'

Chris Robins, Yorkshire Post

'Britten at St Cecilia's Tide': 

' ...the totally pleasing performance engendered by [Simon]Lindley...'

'Clear diction, good intonation and a nicely balanced quality were the hallmarks of the St Peter's Singers...'

'...the many solo parts demonstrated the depth of quality in the ensemble'

David Denton, Yorkshire Post

Leeds Bach Festival:

'For the St Peter's Singers, [the B-Minor Mass] is now a repertory work. With each performance they are more relaxed, enabling them to give added significance to each interpretative detail.'

'...the Singers' hushed, mystical intensity in Et expecto resurrectionem had a visionary quality...'

'His overall finely judged tempi was heard to particularly fine effect in the stately Sanctus...'

'a stunning account of Singet dem Herrn...'

Donald Webster, 'The Organ'