Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) review – Tyshawn Sorey’s meditations yield their mysteries slowly

Sorey/BBC Singers/Tines/Gibson/GBSR Duo St Giles’ Cripplegate, London The Pulitzer-winner’s sprawling amalgam of Morton Feldman and African American spiritual felt meandering, but the GBSR duo, the BBC Singers and Ruth Gibson’s viola were luminous and charismatic Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) by Pulitzer-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey demands patience. Subtitled “A meditation on Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel”, the work uses a similar ensemble – percussion, keyb...

By Flora Willson