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Swingles triumph at the Proms

Tuesday, 17 July 2007

Reviews from Prom 4: Monday 16th July: Berio Sinfonia

The Swingle Singers; Accademia di Santa Cecilia; Antonio Pappano

"Pappano conducted his orchestra and the excellent Swingle Singers in a brilliant visceral performance" Richard Morrison, The Times

"The Swingle Singers pitched those mysteriously lovely chords with laser-like precision...on a purely musical level this performance was a triumph" Ivan Hewett, The Telegraph

**** 4 STARS Tim Ashley, The Guardian

**** 4 STARS - Nick Kimberley, Evening Standard

"...the Swingle Singers sounded fabulous - their use of microtones was especially effective" - MusicOMH.com

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