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Lux Aeterna: Requiems by Dubuffet and Morton Lauridsen
Performed by the acclaimed Corvus Consort
Part of the Summer Music in City Churches 2025 Festival
Add to my Calendar 20-06-2025 19:30 20-06-2025 21:30 36 Lux Aeterna: Requiems by Dubuffet and Morton Lauridsen The acclaimed Corvus Consort perform Duruflé's exquisite setting of the Requiem Mass paired with a tranquil, light-filled work by contemporary American composer Morten Lauridsen. Kestrel Music presents its seventh annual festival, ‘Summer Music in City Churches’, 18 - 27 June 2025 – an eight-day celebration of music in the City of London. Choral requiem settings form the cornerstones, inspiring this year’s theme ‘Eternal Light’. Guest artists are drawn from the finest musicians performing internationally today, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Choir, conductors Sir John Rutter and Daniel Hyde, and soloists including guitarists Jack Hancher and Gus McQuade, pianists Iain Farrington, Lucy Parham, Mark Bebbington and Viv McLean, and singers Eleanor Grant, Edward Grint and Rachel Nicholls. Embracing the theme of ‘Eternal Light’ – sunrise, moonlight and reflected light in nature, as well as the everlasting light of remembrance – live music takes place in four of the historic churches in the City of London. Full details can be found on the website. St Giles Cripplegate, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Giles Cripplegate
Fore Street
City of London
London
EC2Y 8DA
England
Tickets
Prices: £10 - £20
Book Tickets
Programme
Maurice Duruflé – Requiem, Op.9
Byström Britta – Lux Aeterna
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna (1997)
Performers
Freddie Crowley – Conductor
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Programme Note
The acclaimed Corvus Consort perform Duruflé's exquisite setting of the Requiem Mass paired with a tranquil, light-filled work by contemporary American composer Morten Lauridsen.
Kestrel Music presents its seventh annual festival, ‘Summer Music in City Churches’, 18 - 27 June 2025 – an eight-day celebration of music in the City of London. Choral requiem settings form the cornerstones, inspiring this year’s theme ‘Eternal Light’. Guest artists are drawn from the finest musicians performing internationally today, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Choir, conductors Sir John Rutter and Daniel Hyde, and soloists including guitarists Jack Hancher and Gus McQuade, pianists Iain Farrington, Lucy Parham, Mark Bebbington and Viv McLean, and singers Eleanor Grant, Edward Grint and Rachel Nicholls. Embracing the theme of ‘Eternal Light’ – sunrise, moonlight and reflected light in nature, as well as the everlasting light of remembrance – live music takes place in four of the historic churches in the City of London.
Full details can be found on the website.
