The Bach Choir: Au Printemps: Duruflé Requiem at Holy Trinity Church, London on Thursday 2nd March 2023

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The Bach Choir: Au Printemps

Duruflé Requiem

Add to my Calendar 02-03-2023 19:30 02-03-2023 21:30 36 The Bach Choir: Au Printemps Au Printemps brings audiences closer than ever to The Bach Choir in the gorgeous setting of Holy Trinity Sloane Square. The second concert in the Into Spring series curates a tranquil and lush programme of French works, while the choir and organ orchestration showcases the range and intimacy of a choir usually known for performing with the world’s best orchestras. The ancient world of Gregorian melodies is combined with a harmonic setting typical of 20th Century France in Duruflé’s Requiem. The Requiem blends different styles to achieve an overall sense of peace not usually found in other Requiem settings Duruflé’s Quatre motets further build on this modernisation of ancient traditions. Cantique de Jean Racine was composed by Fauré at the age of twenty when he was attending Paris’ École Niedermeyer. It sets text from French playwright Jean Racine alongside rich, lush choral writing, and will be recognised by some audiences from its appearance in the motion picture Babe. On the other side of La Seine, Faure’s harmony student N Boulanger composed her own Cantique a little over 40 years later – a concise, evocative and disarmingly simple work. Internationally renowned organist Philip Scriven, described as ‘a joy to listen to’ by Gramophone, is given a spotlight in Duruflé’s Choral varié sur le thème du ‘Veni Creator’. Langlais’ Messe solennelle also features – a piece so considered that the organist thought about it for 12 years before composing it in 13 days. As the fog of winter clears, Au Printemps brings The Bach Choir’s subtle and delicate side into focus. Holy Trinity Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Holy Trinity Church
Sloane Street
Sloane Square
London
SW1X 9BZ
England

Thursday 2nd March 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Maurice Duruflé – Requiem, Op.9
Jean Langlais – Messe Solennelle
Maurice Duruflé – Choral varié sur le thème du 'Veni Creator', Op.4
Nadia Boulanger – Cantique
Maurice Duruflé – Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op.10
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

Performers

David Hill – Conductor
Katherine Gregory – mezzo-soprano
Philip Scriven – organ

The Bach Choir

Programme Note

Au Printemps brings audiences closer than ever to The Bach Choir in the gorgeous setting of Holy Trinity Sloane Square. The second concert in the Into Spring series curates a tranquil and lush programme of French works, while the choir and organ orchestration showcases the range and intimacy of a choir usually known for performing with the world’s best orchestras.

The ancient world of Gregorian melodies is combined with a harmonic setting typical of 20th Century France in Duruflé’s Requiem. The Requiem blends different styles to achieve an overall sense of peace not usually found in other Requiem settings Duruflé’s Quatre motets further build on this modernisation of ancient traditions.

Cantique de Jean Racine was composed by Fauré at the age of twenty when he was attending Paris’ École Niedermeyer. It sets text from French playwright Jean Racine alongside rich, lush choral writing, and will be recognised by some audiences from its appearance in the motion picture Babe. On the other side of La Seine, Faure’s harmony student N Boulanger composed her own Cantique a little over 40 years later – a concise, evocative and disarmingly simple work.

Internationally renowned organist Philip Scriven, described as ‘a joy to listen to’ by Gramophone, is given a spotlight in Duruflé’s Choral varié sur le thème du ‘Veni Creator’. Langlais’ Messe solennelle also features – a piece so considered that the organist thought about it for 12 years before composing it in 13 days.

As the fog of winter clears, Au Printemps brings The Bach Choir’s subtle and delicate side into focus.

The Bach Choir at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. Image by Clive Barda

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