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Cries of 'brilliant' from the audience at York Waites show Pauline Hawkins, Halifax Courier The York Waits... gave a display of consumate discipline and immense breadth...The six gentlemen are renaissance players par excellence... in company with Deborah Catterall's warm, clear soprano, it made an aural - and visual - feast. Martin Dreyer, Yorkshire Evening Press. In November, very close to the fifth, I had the pleasure of seeing The York Waits perform from Fortune My Foe, which is a collection of popular music from the time of the Gunpowder Plot. The tunes in the live set are interwoven with story and narrative, making for a dramatic and moving evening’s entertainment... David Kidman, Stirrings (South Yorkshire folk mag) issue 127 |
The York Waits are one of the country’s most vivid and versatile early music groups, who always display the full richness of Renaissance instrumentation. I particularly enjoy the way in which they bring early dance music to life, playing with an exciting sense of rhythm which is enough to shatter any glass case one might be tempted to put up around the music. William Marshall, Halifax Evening Courier a brilliant display of versatility from The York Waits ..... a sight and sound not to be forgotten. Steven Banfield, Musical Times. It is rare and refreshing to hear a group like The York Waits for whom this repertory is once more a living tradition. Much of the credit must go to the group’s intelligent realisations and to their stage presentation, a seemingly effortless and so probably hard-won balance of the informal and the informative. It was difficult not to enjoy the music as much as they did. David Mather, Yorkshire Evening Press. |
The atmosphere was set by The York Waits who won cheers from an enthusiastic crowd, warming up for the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York. Stacey Brewer, Yorkshire Evening Press. The York Waits were omnipresent, playing in the street, in the pubs, in processions and in the formal pageantry invented for the occasion. They also gave a very fine concert in the cathedral. Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review. These are musicians of whom York can be justifiably proud. Martin Dreyer, Yorkshire Evening Press. The York Waits are a glorious ensemble. Parsons, American Record Guide. For reviews of The York Waits' CDs and publications, see the CDs & Publications pages. |