Donald Hunt

From the mid-20th century Donald Hunt built a career as one of the more important and distinguished English choral conductors. He is best known for his interpretations of British sacred music and has garnered much critical acclaim for his readings of works in that genre by Elgar, Finzi, Holst, Sumsion, William Llewellyn, Judith Weir, and others. Yet he has by no means been limited to the British realm, as his highly praised renditions of choral music by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Liszt, and Bruckner will attest. Hunt has also composed a significant body of choral and organ music,...