Graham Ross judges the spacious juxtapositions of movement and silence exquisitely, the Dmitri Ensemble’s explosion of energy in the third interlude being simultaneously surprising yet entirely natural…The overall impression is of exquisitely beautiful voices floating apparently effortlessly, the opening of Pärt’s Nunc Dimittis seemingly emerging from the ether.

This is a focused and absorbing programme...The highlight is Pärt’s 27-minute Stabat mater, whose meditative arc roots both singers and players more into a form of collective expression...The choir shows the best of its blends in Pärt’s clean, triadic architecture – sopranos on point in the Magnificat, with clear colours from the whole ensemble in the Nunc dimittis.