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She delighted with a lovely purity of tone and sympathetic expression, from sweet simplicity for the early 20th century song The Little Road to Bethlehem to the soaring notes of Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night).

Morgan Balfour charmed the audience with her smile and lustrous tone. Her natural florid passages and new ornamentation in Handel’s ‘Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion’ from ‘Messiah’ demonstrated excellent technique and attention to historically informed practice. The rendition of Handel’s ‘Eternal Source of Light Divine’ for soprano, sackbut and orchestra was the climax of the concert. Lofty sustained melodies and trills executed artfully by Morgan Balfour and sackbut player Ros Jorgensen conveyed a mutual feeling of reverence.

Morgan Balfour shone again… demonstrating impressive vocal control and dynamic sensitivity.

Soprano Morgan Balfour sang with thrilling clarity