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St Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane
Ealing
London
W5 1QG
England
Programme
Howard Goodall – Eternal Light: A Requiem
Ralph Vaughan Williams – 5 Mystical Songs
Charles Villiers Stanford – For lo, I raise up, Op.145
Charles Villiers Stanford – O For a Closer Walk With God
Edward Cuthbert Bairstow – Blessed city, Heavenly Salem
Performers
Peter Asprey – Conductor
Christine Buras – soprano
Dafydd Allen – tenor
James Geidt – baritone
Cecily Beer – Harp
Ben Horden – organ
Joshua Ryan – piano / keyboards
London Mozart Players
Ealing Choral Society
Programme Note
Traditionally a prayer for the salvation of the departed soul, Howard Goodall’s requiem centres on those who are left behind to grieve. It celebrates the healing power of music to create a sense of solace whilst acknowledging the unbearable loss and emptiness that accompanies the death of a loved one. Like Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Goodall’s Eternal Light is a requiem for the living, with poetry and hymns alongside the more familiar text of the Mass, to focus on interrupted lives.
The programme also includes Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and other choral favourites by Edward Bairstow and Charles Villiers Stanford. With the London Mozart Players. Peter Asprey conducts.
