“The gentle but passionately expressive” Thomas Cooley in SPCO’s Messiah

Thomas Cooley
Written By Carrie Sykes

“the gentle but passionately expressive solos of tenor Thomas Cooley, who made the opening ‘Comfort ye, my people’ the musical equivalent of a cup of warm cocoa, his ‘Thou shalt break them" an aggressive contrast in tone.’

Carrie Sykes
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