French Choral Splendour: Duruflé, Vierne, Dattas and Fauré. at St George's Church, Birmingham on Saturday 15th November 2025

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French Choral Splendour

Duruflé, Vierne, Dattas and Fauré.

Add to my Calendar 15-11-2025 19:30 15-11-2025 21:30 36 French Choral Splendour A concert of beautiful sacred music with a French theme. Duruflé's meditative Requiem, focusing on eternal rest, and Vierne's bold Messe solennelle are the centre pieces of our concert. Cantique de Jean Racine by Faure is much loved by many choral singers. The work by Jean Dattas was introduced to the Birmingham Festival Choral Society by Sylvie Dattas, his daughter, who sings 2nd soprano in our choir. Jean Dattas was organist at Notre Dame in Paris from 1949 until he moved to England in 1955, and was a good friend of Duruflé. We first sang his lyrical 'Kyrie and Agnus Dei' in 2016 on choir tour in Burgundy, and we are looking forward to singing it again on November 15th. St George's Church, Birmingham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St George's Church
1 Westbourne Crescent
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 3DQ
England

Saturday 15th November 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Maurice Duruflé – Requiem, Op.9
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11
Jean Dattas – Messe 'Cum Jubilo': Kyrie and Agnus Dei
Louis Vierne – Messe Solennelle, Op.16

Performers

David Wynne – Conductor
Kevin Gill – organ
Matthew Nuttall – baritone
Rhiain Taylor – mezzo-soprano

Birmingham Festival Choral Society

Programme Note

A concert of beautiful sacred music with a French theme.

Duruflé's meditative Requiem, focusing on eternal rest, and Vierne's bold Messe solennelle are the centre pieces of our concert.

Cantique de Jean Racine by Faure is much loved by many choral singers. The work by Jean Dattas was introduced to the Birmingham Festival Choral Society by Sylvie Dattas, his daughter, who sings 2nd soprano in our choir. Jean Dattas was organist at Notre Dame in Paris from 1949 until he moved to England in 1955, and was a good friend of Duruflé. We first sang his lyrical 'Kyrie and Agnus Dei' in 2016 on choir tour in Burgundy, and we are looking forward to singing it again on November 15th.

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