Readers of the Catholic Herald are unlikely to be overcome with enthusiasm for the quincentenary of the Reformation, which occurs this year. But it’s been celebrated with a vengeance at Clare College, Cambridge where the choir, under conductor Graham Ross, has been giving liturgical performances of appropriately reformist Bach cantatas every Sunday throughout Lent.
Last week, as a grand finale, Clare Choir came to London for what you might call a reformist gala at St John’s, Smith Square, bringing its own baroque band and star soloists such as the soprano Mary Bevan.
