Victorian stodginess at its heaviest
Apr. 3rd, 2012 08:41 pmGood though the BBC Singers' performance of John Stainer's The Crucifixion was, I now understand why Stainer's reputation hasn't exactly spread like wildfire since his death: it's so terribly stodgy, like school dinners and nasty boiled puddings with currents and suet and lashings of lumpy custard...