Conductor: Jack Apperley
With organ, harp and strings
Tickets: £17 in advance*, £20 on the day, Under 21s FREE
EPSOM CHAMBER CHOIR PRESENTS FAURÉ REQUIEM
Our Autumn concert on 15th November explores the rich heritage of French liturgical music, with the iconic Fauré Requiem as its pièce de résistance. Audiences will be very familiar with this much-loved work but perhaps less so with this intimate orchestration for organ, strings and harp. This is complemented by shorter, a cappella works by composers Messaien, Poulenc, Villette, Duruflé and both Nadia and Lili Boulanger (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.
* Advance tickets available until midnight Friday 14th November.
On the day tickets available online until around midday then on the door.
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