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Went to Hereford cathedral last nigh to hear Hereford Choral Society perform it with Marches Baroque.

An enjoyable experience but I'm sorry to say I missed hearing some of the rather lovely counterpoints that I heard on my recording (by David Willcocks). I'm sure they were there, but I wonder if there were things that confused the sound?
  • Hereford cathedral has an impressively long reverb time
  • The conductor kept the tempo lively

Wouldn't the result be somewhat a "smearing" of the sound especially by the time it had reached the back where I was? Would you hear better sitting a bit further forward in the nave?

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