Fauré Requiem - for choir and organ at St Albans Cathedral, St Albans on Saturday 25th February 2023

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Fauré Requiem - for choir and organ

Add to my Calendar 25-02-2023 19:30 25-02-2023 21:30 36 Fauré Requiem - for choir and organ In the magnificent setting of St Albans Cathedral we showcase powerful works for voices with minimal accompaniment from across the centuries. Fauré’s well-loved Requiem contains some of the most beautiful melodies he ever composed, including the Pie Jesu and In Paradisum. Claudio Monteverdi’s Dixit Dominus and Beatus Vir blend voices and instruments to achieve a sense of grandeur and uplifting drama. James MacMillan is one of Britain’s greatest living composers. His piece O Radiant Dawn from the beautiful Strathclyde Motets entreats us to search for  light to lead us out of darkness. Plainscapes by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks is an ethereal piece of vocalisation without words, offering a new approach to modern music that may change some minds. Numbers by rising star Shruthi Rajasekar plays with the concept that mathematics weaves through everything we do in our daily lives. Our programme concludes with Widor’s Toccata played by Rufus Frowde on the cathedral’s magnificent organ. St Albans Cathedral, St Albans DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Albans Cathedral
Holywell Hill
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 1BY
England

Saturday 25th February 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Gabriel Fauré – Requiem, Op.48 (1883)
Shruthi Rajasekar – Numbers
James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn
Claudio Monteverdi – Selve Morale e Spirituale: Dixit Dominus (1641)
Charles-Marie Widor – Organ Symphony no.5: Toccata
Claudio Monteverdi – Beatus Vir, SV 268
Pēteris Vasks – Plainscapes

Performers

Helen Collier – soprano
Edward Grint – baritone
Rufus Frowde – organ
Ruth Rogers – violin
Sarah Butcher – Cello
David Temple – Conductor

Hertfordshire Chorus

Programme Note

In the magnificent setting of St Albans Cathedral we showcase powerful works for voices with minimal accompaniment from across the centuries.

Fauré’s well-loved Requiem contains some of the most beautiful melodies he ever composed, including the Pie Jesu and In Paradisum.

Claudio Monteverdi’s Dixit Dominus and Beatus Vir blend voices and instruments to achieve a sense of grandeur and uplifting drama.

James MacMillan is one of Britain’s greatest living composers. His piece O Radiant Dawn from the beautiful Strathclyde Motets entreats us to search for light to lead us out of darkness. Plainscapes by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks is an ethereal piece of vocalisation without words, offering a new approach to modern music that may change some minds.

Numbers by rising star Shruthi Rajasekar plays with the concept that mathematics weaves through everything we do in our daily lives. Our programme concludes with Widor’s Toccata played by Rufus Frowde on the cathedral’s magnificent organ.

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