A  DOUBLE  FEAST.
Sunday, 6th April at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Two of the North's foremost Choirs, the Salford and the Oldham Choral Societies, combined for a unique event - a performance of Walton's impressive "Belshazzar's Feast".
The concert opened with Elgar's "Great is the Lord" and three extracts from Verdi's "Nabucco".
The second half really became a double event. Not only were the two choirs singing together (around 150 voices), but both the Musical Directors were involved, with Tom Newall (Salford) on the rostrum and David Cane (Oldham) singing the Solo Baritone role. Even the musicians were doubled, as the excellent National Festival Orchestra were joined by a Brass ensemble up in the Gallery.
 "Belshazzar's Feast" is a masterpiece of Choral writing, and the choirs did full justice to it.
A capacity audience thrilled to the wonderful (loud!) sound, and to David's excellent work. It is obvious that a good deal of hard work had gone into this production, and the result was a credit to all who took part and a pleasure to all who heard it.
(Also it's quite good to get double for your money!)