Our concert in December 2008 at St John's-in-the-Square, Wolverhampton received the following favourable review from Jerald Smith, music critic of the Express and Star:
"Despite being described as a 'frightful atheist' in his younger
days, Ralph Vaughan Williams still wrote extensively for the Anglican
church. He edited the English Hymnal and many of his settings of carols
and hymns remain popular today. Reason enough, then, for Wombourne
Choral to devote this well-attended festive concert to Vaughan
Williams' music, including half-a-dozen audience-participation carols
and hymns. The evocative Five Mystical Songs found baritone Hakan
Vramsmo in exceptionally fine form, eloquently communicating the
spirituality of George Herbert's texts. The Fantasia on Christmas
Carols saw soloist and choir combining to give a heart-warming account
of this collection of traditonal West Country carols, well-supported by
the accompanying Wombourne String Players."