Details
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church
Holborn Viaduct
City of London
London
EC1A 2DQ
England
Programme
Olivier Messiaen – O sacrum convivium
Gerald Finzi – God is gone up, Op.27 no.2
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem, Op.48 (1883)
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – I Was Glad
Jonathan Dove – Seek him that maketh the seven stars
Jean Langlais – Messe Solennelle
Carlo Gesualdo – O vos omnes
Performers
Jessica Norton – Conductor
London Concord Singers
Programme Note
Death and resurrection are the theme of London Concord Singers' Easter concert. Under conductor Jessica Norton they will be performing Faure's original 1893 version of his sublime Requiem, alongside Jean Langlais's radiant Messe Solennelle, plus music by Messiaen, Gesualdo, Parry, Finzi, and Jonathan Dove which looks at different approaches to the subject of death and resurrection.
Faure's Requiem, Langlais' Messe Solennelle and the accompanied items will be performed with organ accompaniment.