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St Martin of Tours Church
Church Street
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 4PX
England
Programme
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem, Op.48 (ed. John Rutter)
Eric Whitacre – Sainte-Chapelle
Nadia Boulanger – Cantique
Lili Boulanger – Pie Jesu
Pierre Villette – Attende, Domine, Op.45
Francis Poulenc – Salve Regina, FP 110
Olivier Messiaen – O sacrum convivium
Maurice Duruflé – Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op.10
Performers
Jack Apperley – Conductor
Alex Flower – organ
Lucia Foti – Harp
Shabnam Gould – cello
Dido Xenakis – violin
Alison McCan – violin
Helen Williams – viola
Epsom Chamber Choir
Programme Note
A wonderful work with a wonderful choir in a wonderful venue!
Epsom Chamber Choir’s Autumn concert explores the rich heritage of French liturgical music, with the iconic Fauré Requiem as its pièce de résistance. Known for its reflective and peaceful approach focusing on the afterlife rather than the wrath of judgement day, audiences will be very familiar with this much-loved work but perhaps less so with this intimate orchestration by David Hill for organ, violin, 'cello and harp.
This is complemented by shorter, a cappella sacred works by other French composers, with the sneaky addition of Whitacre’s "Sainte Chapelle"!
Conductor Jack Apperley says: “We have managed to contrive a programme of French music sung entirely in Latin! In the 19th and 20th centuries the French produced a wealth of beautiful sacred music. While the Fauré Requiem is a choral classic, the other less familiar works bring a particular French character with their phrasing of the Latin texts and their spicy harmonies.”
St Martin’s Church, with its wonderful acoustics, is the perfect setting for this inspiring programme and the highly-regarded Epsom Chamber Choir can be counted on to deliver a memorable performance under Jack Apperley’s direction.
