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St Peter's Church
Church Street
Sheringham
Norfolk
NR26 8QS
England
Programme
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem, Op.48 (1883)
Louis Vierne – Messe Solennelle, Op.16
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11
Performers
Attia Law – soprano
Jack Woodward – baritone
Philip Adams – organ
David Ballard – Conductor
Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society
Programme Note
A programme of glorious French music by Gabriel Fauré and Louis Vierne. We are delighted to be joined by two local students as our soloists.
One of the most popular works in the choral repertoire, first performed in 1888, Fauré wrote of his Requiem, “Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest.”
Louis Vierne is best known for his organ works. However his Messe Solennelle, which was first performed at Saint-Sulpice in Paris in December 1901, is a wonderful choral piece. Although originally scored for two pipe organs, it was later adapted for a single organ, as most churches could not provide two such instruments.
