Originally posted by nytseiyork
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As we have said on here so many times before surely it is right to credit the forces involved. I haven't listened yet but if the top line is as good as has been said then the girls would appreciate the recognition I would have thought and if they have built a good reputation then there should be no fear of people not coming to listen to them. I just don't understand the way cathedrals think on this matter.
As for girls' sound generally:a top line of girls of with a preponderence of older age groups, say 12 to 13/14 can sound very much like a really good set of boys age 10/13 depending on how they have been trained. I hear it all the time at St Albans where the girls regularly match the boys and the boys are very very good indeed. I'm not at all surprised that the York girls are so good. But it is wrong to leave listeners with a false impression as to whom they are hearing. It is so easy to print on the music list that the service will be sung by the boys/girls and men of the cathedral choir etc. As Draco says above these days listeners look up the York site on the web and should be given this information.
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