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Religious experience: Aurora Orchestra perform at Norwich Cathedral

(ILLUSTRATION: KYLE HILTON / PHOTO: LUKE WITCOMB)

CLASSICAL

Ecstatic revelations at close quarters

o my left, the oboe sang the theme; it was taken up by the violins behind me. To the right, cellos danced atop the offbeat bassline. I couldn’t see the flutes, but I could clearly hear when it was their turn for the melody. It soared across the instrumentalists’ heads and around the ().

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