Between devotion and drama

…The 125-voice ensemble presented a program that fit the setting: Schubert's Mass in G, Holst's settings of Psalm 86 and Psalm 128 and Haydn's "Lord Nelson" Mass... From the first "Kyrie" in the Schubert to the final "Dona nobis pacem" of the Haydn, the choral ensemble Sunday night demonstrated flexibility and strength. The voices sang out these time-honored prayers from a place somewhere between devotion and drama. At times the singing was reserved and reverent--at times, we were inundated with a burst of volume. But always there was lyricism, a quality that seems dyed into the fabric of this group. Concert info…