MOZART'S REQUIEM Skipton Camerata Skipton's Holy Trinity Church had heard nothing like it before - at least not in the lifetime of the listeners.

The ancient walls of the building echoed - trembled even - to the staggeringly moving rendition of Mozart's last great work, his Requiem, which, he was unable to finish before his death in 1792.

Thankfully, his pupil, with notes from the master, finished essentially the last two movements and what a masterpiece was left for posterity and for Skipton Camerata.

The orchestra whetted the appetite with Mozart's symphony no 40. But it was the Requiem that stole the show, a magnificent performance by this fledgling orchestra of mostly amateur musicians.

It was a credit to their talent and dedication and especially of impressario and Mozart "obsessive" Ben Crick, the 27year-old who took on the challenge of setting up a special choir for the job and recruiting top professional singers in soprano Helen Hayward, mezzo soprano Judith Tinston, tenor David del Strother and bass Galloway Bell.

It was a superbly textured rendition, not flawless, but perfectly pitched.