Superb Castalia Vocal Consort create an experience in sound: Under Cover of Darkness ClassikON review

The Evening Primrose, a very sweet and brief work by Benjamin Britten opened a concert by CASTALIA VOCAL CONSORT (CVC) that was all about concept and eschewed normal concert conventions where an audience is aware of the performers and the works being performed. We were asked not to applaud and in semi-darkness, being unable to read the program or the texts, each work morphed into one another. But maybe that was the thinking behind the musical direction of this concert – aiming to render the importance of both composers and performers nigh on redundant thus creating an experience in sound. Read full review