Programme
Northern School Of Music (NSM), Houldsworth Hall
1958

The Canterbury Pilgrims is apparently a tricky bit of music to perform. According to the Guardian review, the school's performance didn’t solve all of the problems with the piece but “it was engagingly done and was faithful to the special atmosphere of the music”. The chorus sang well but the reviewer remarks that "it was nobody’s fault that under last night’s conditions they were often submerged, in vigorous pages, by the orchestra."

Ref: NSM/20

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.