5* REVIEW The seven ages of man bring Temple Music's season to a magical close with a wide-ranging recital
Seven Ages: Mark Padmore, Roderick Williams, Julius Drake, Victoria Newlyn at Middle Temple Hall, Wednesday 21 July 2021
Reviewed by Robert Hugill of Planet Hugill
The final concert in Temple Music's season on Wednesday 21 July 2021 represented at return to Middle Temple Hall with a live audience for a recital themed on the Seven Ages of Man by tenor Mark Padmore, baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Julius Drake with reader Victoria Newlyn. The programme made no explicit reference to our current situation, yet the way the music and readings reflected on the human experience from Shakespeare's mewling and puking infant right through that haunting image of 'Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything', made you reflect.