Word: choiring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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True to its title, the album contains no guest duets by visiting pop royalty. All the voices -- the doo-wopping backup singers, the chanting imam, the heavenly choir -- are Lennox's. And in seven of the eight videos made of songs in the set, Lennox is seen alone; her only company is her image in the mirror. There's plenty of variety in Lennox's music (long-lined ballads, driving Euro-pop, plaints in the French style), but the tone is consistently, nicely rueful. The sunniest tune, with a piano chirping in a Caribbean accent, is called Walking on Broken...
...unashamed overacting of its cast save The Visit from being monotonous. From the flat-footed scenes where drably dressed women and shirtless men dance without grace (but with much abandon) to the nasal singing of the town choir, the paucity of the acting will enchant...
Harvard University Choir--performs Handel's Judas Maccabaeus. Memorial Church, 8 p.m. $8 general; $5 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at the Holyoke Center Ticket Office...
...England Conservatory--presents the Emmanuel Church Choir and the Conservatory Camerata. Williams Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. Thursday, March 5, 5 p.m. Free...
Siberian Chamber Choir--at First ParishChurch, Harvard Square, Monday, March...