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Oxford Harmonic Choir: Fauré & Duruflé Requiems
Part of the Oxford Harmonic Choir 2022-2023 Season
Add to my Calendar 10-06-2023 19:30 10-06-2023 21:30 36 Oxford Harmonic Choir: Fauré & Duruflé Requiems Our summer concert offers a wonderful opportunity to enjoy and compare the two requiems of Fauré (first performed 1888 and revised for performances in 1893 and 1900) and Duruflé (written 1947, revised 1948 and 1961). Both composers chose a similar set of texts (omitting most of the terrifying Dies Irae and adding in the final hopeful In Paradisum) and both adopted an intimate, reflective approach to these texts. Both, too, took inspiration from plainsong. The Fauré is famously lyrical and serene, while the Duruflé moves between tranquillity and anguished drama. Comments posted by listeners on performances that can be heard on YouTube testify to the emotional power of both. Oxford Town Hall, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Oxford Town Hall
Saint Aldate's
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1BX
England
Programme
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem, Op.48 (1883)
~ Interval ~
Maurice Duruflé – Requiem, Op.9
Performers
Robert Secret – Conductor
Orchestra of Stowe Opera
Oxford Harmonic Choir
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Programme Note
Our summer concert offers a wonderful opportunity to enjoy and compare the two requiems of Fauré (first performed 1888 and revised for performances in 1893 and 1900) and Duruflé (written 1947, revised 1948 and 1961). Both composers chose a similar set of texts (omitting most of the terrifying Dies Irae and adding in the final hopeful In Paradisum) and both adopted an intimate, reflective approach to these texts. Both, too, took inspiration from plainsong. The Fauré is famously lyrical and serene, while the Duruflé moves between tranquillity and anguished drama. Comments posted by listeners on performances that can be heard on YouTube testify to the emotional power of both.
