Details
St Andrew's Church
Maple Road
Surbiton
London
KT6 4DS
England
Programme
Maurice DuruflĂ© – Requiem, Op.9
Louis Vierne – Les AngĂ©lus, Op.57
John Tavener – Svyati
Max Bruch – Die Macht des Gesanges, Op.87
Performers
Penelope Cousland – mezzo-soprano
Gareth Brynmor John – baritone
James Orford – organ
Clare O'Connell – Cello
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Kingston Choral Society
Programme Note
This fascinating programme brings together works from three very different traditions. Duruflé’s love of Gregorian plainchant shines through his understated, achingly lyrical Requiem mass, which will be performed alongside his friend Vierne’s enchanting songs for mezzo-soprano and organ. John Tavener’s Svyati for choir and cello, written in memory of a friend, draws movingly on the colour and tradition of the Russian Orthodox church. Finally, The Power of Song by Max Bruch, is an impassioned, Romantic hymn to the quasi-religious power of music itself.