Concert trail

Have been sampling some of Lyon's finest recently:

Choeur d'Oratorio de Lyon's lovely concert including a suitably quicksilver Hebridean Overture; a new work by a contemporary Lyonnaise composer, Pascal de Montaigne (unfortunately the effect was slightly spoiled by the conductor's explanation of the piece that went on for longer than the piece for itself. I'm sure there's a rule against this) and Beethoven's op. 86, the Mass in C major with glorious soprano solos by a French singer, Virginie Pochon. Funnily enough, because the latter was in Latin, it almost sounded if it was in English. Latin versus French rather than English versus French(if that makes any sense at all?!)

Quatuor Leonis (formerly Esteves) lunchtime concert at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon. Schubert's Quartettsatz ... happy mmmm. Lalo's string quartet in E flat from 1859 ... not so sure mmmm. Fantastic playing though, and an upcoming concert will include some of the BEST SCHUBERT EVER (no, really, they will be playing the Death and the Maiden Quartet).