Fauré Requiem - in memoriam
A concert in memory of those who fell in service during the Great War
Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London Autumn Series 2015
Add to my Calendar 24-10-2015 19:30 24-10-2015 21:30 36 Fauré Requiem - in memoriam Pegasus perform a reflective programme including works written in the shadow of the Great War which will be featured on their forthcoming CD, ‘For the Fallen’. The first half includes a 16-part arrangement of Mahler's 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen', and Walton's 'The Twelve' - a bravura setting of words by W H Auden. After the interval, the choir will perform the very beautiful Fauré Requiem. Choir - PegasusOrganist – Martin ToyerConductor – Matthew Altham St Clement Danes (RAF Church), London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Clement Danes (RAF Church)
Strand
Temple
London
WC2R 1DH
England
Programme
Gustav Holst – Nunc Dimittis, H.127
Felix Mendelssohn – Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich, WoO 5
Johannes Brahms – Geistliches Lied, Op.30
Charles Wood – Expectans Expectavi
Maurice Ravel – Trois chansons
Gustav Mahler – Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (arr. Clytus Gottwald)
William Walton – The Twelve
~ Interval ~
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem, Op.48 (1883)
Performers
Toyer Martin – organ
Pegasus Choir
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Programme Note
Pegasus perform a reflective programme including works written in the shadow of the Great War which will be featured on their forthcoming CD, ‘For the Fallen’.
The first half includes a 16-part arrangement of Mahler's 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen', and Walton's 'The Twelve' - a bravura setting of words by W H Auden. After the interval, the choir will perform the very beautiful Fauré Requiem.
Choir - Pegasus
Organist – Martin Toyer
Conductor – Matthew Altham