7:30pm Sunday 9 December 2018 St Oswald’s Church Beginning with Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de minuit de Noël, music for the night of the Nativity includes carols and the cantata Der Herr ist mit mir by Bach’s mentor Dietrich Buxtehude before the arrival at dawn of the Shepherds singing the Sanctus of the Missa Brevis by […]
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Newsletter: June 2018
Low Notes 11 By David Ward June 2018. This is the latest in an erratic series of newsletters about the choir that will include information about what we are singing plus irrelevant ramblings and observations from the back row of the basses. Before, during and after our performance of Duruflé’s Requiem (and frequently in the shower), […]
Duruflé Requiem
7:30pm Sunday 10 June 2018 Here are the programme notes and texts for the Duruflé Requiem concert Concert Programme Notes Concert Texts
Duruflé Requiem
7:30pm Sunday 10 June 2018 St Oswald’s Church The text of the Requiem Mass has inspired many composers. The Festival Choir has performed settings by Biber, M Haydn, Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Fauré and John Rutter. And it’s the second time we’ll have performed this profoundly beautiful work by Maurice Duruflé. Based on plainchant but with […]
Singing Day: Duruflé Requiem
Saturday 14 April 2018 9.30am – 4.30pm Bollington Arts Centre Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem is one of the most beautiful and evocative settings of the Requiem Mass. Singers who would like to join us just for the day will be very welcome, but even better, join us on succeeding Tuesday evenings and sing in the concert […]