Beverly Taylor is having a particularly busy spring.
Taylor, director of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has three major works scheduled in as many weeks: Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” with the Choral Union (with boys from the Madison Youth Choirs) on April 18-19, the Bach B Minor Mass with the university’s top chorale, Concert Choir, on April 24, and a trio of performances with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Chorale of Verdi’s Requiem on May 1-3.
It’s an exhausting schedule (and a planning headache), but Taylor is enthusiastic about all of the works. The trouble, she says, is quantity — not quality.