The Splendours of Venice, Pro Nobis Singers. Kendal Parish Church

This 45th anniversary concert of sacred music by Monteverdi was an unmissable event for Pro Nobis's many followers. Clive Walkley's choir have given Kendal the chance to hear much wonderful but rarely performed music, specialising in Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary works. New commissions have featured in their programmes, and they have brought to Kendal distinguished exponents of period instruments, and 'historically informed' performance.

This very ambitious programme was no exception. The star guest was the choir's president, Evelyn Tubb, who gave beautifully expressive performances of florid solo motets between the larger-scale works with choir. She was joined in duets by Deborah Catterall, whose slightly warmer sound complemented Evelyn's perfectly. The forces also included four professional male soloists, soloists from the choir, plus two violins, bass viol, archlute, organ and four sackbuts - or in Italian, trombone.

Bringing all these together in works like the eight-part Magnificat from 1640 or the 1641 seven-part Gloria with their frequent and abrupt changes of texture and tempo, occasionally produced 'rough edges', inevitable with limited rehearsal time, but there were magnificent sounds, and the choir sang with tight rhythms and their trademark superb intonation.

Expressively, they were probably at their best in the exquisite small-scale Adoramus te, Christe, but it is to the credit of this choir that one judges them entirely by professional standards.

Philip Gruar