Wednesday’s sequence of “Parisian Vespers”, candles galore illuminating the midsummer gloom, was one of these brilliant concoctions Skidmore creates with such a magic touch, bringing the English composers Pelham Humfrey, Purcell and John Blow (all influenced by the French taste of the newly-restored Charles II) into the equation, and focusing on the miraculously expressive music of Henry Du Mont, a name scarcely known in this country. Du Mont’s music is big, emotionally searching material, vocal lines dovetailed and terraced to convey the utmost effect, and with substantial instrumental paragraphs to add to the gravity of atmosphere. (The Birmingham Post)