Details
Ely Cathedral
The College
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4DL
England
Programme
Maurice DuruflĂ© – Requiem, Op.9
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Performers
Cambridge Voices
Programme Note
Founded jointly by Ian de Massini (former choral scholar of King’s College Chapel Choir, Cambridge) and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé in Paris in 1987, the highly-acclaimed Cambridge Voices choir will perform Duruflé’s ravishing Requiem, composed for choir, organ, cello and vocal soloists, infused with medieval plainchant and French romantic harmonies, alongside De Massini’s effervescent setting of the Spiritual, "Do what the Spirit says!", especially commissioned for this concert.
The first half of the concert will include works by Tallis, Gibbons, Stanford and Rubbra, as well as the finale from Widor’s Toccata (Organ solo), Wylkynson’s tour-de-force, 13-voice Canon from the Eton Choirbook with the choir surrounding the whole audience and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis (Arranged for choir by De Massini (World Premiere).
Duruflé’s Requiem
Composed for choir, organ, cello and vocal soloists, infused with medieval plainchant and French romantic harmonies
De Massini’s Do what the Spirit says!
Spiritual and effervescent, specially commissioned for this concert The first half of the concert will include works by Tallis, Gibbons, Stanford and Rubbra, as well as: Widor’s Toccata (Organ solo) Wylkynson’s 13-voice Canon From the Eton Choirbook, with the choir surrounding the whole audience.
Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Arranged for choir by De Massini (World Premiere).