Rutter’s Requiem
Our performance brings together two of our programmes, the Foundation Choir (comprised of Foundation Scholars and Teacher-Singers) and the Pimlico Chorus, and we welcome Luke Bond (organ) and guest soloists Emily Penn (oboe) and Colin Alexander (cello). The soprano solo role is sung by Teacher-Singer Anna Semple. The performance is conducted by James Day with the Pimlico Chorus prepared by Ralph Allwood.
Rutter’s Requiem was written in 1985 and first performed in the United States. Following the precedent established by Brahms and Fauré, among others, it is not a complete setting of the Missa pro defunctis as laid down in Catholic liturgy, but instead is made up of a personal selection of texts, some taken from the Requiem Mass and some from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. The seven sections of the work form an arch-like meditation on themes of life and death: the first and last movements are prayers to God the Father on behalf of all humanity, movements two and six are psalms, movements three and five are personal prayers to Christ, and the central Sanctus is an affirmation of divine glory, accompanied by bells as is traditional at this point in the Mass. Gregorian chant is used, in fragmentary or disguised form, at several points in the work. Each of the two psalm settings has an instrumental obbligato, a feature inherited from Bach.
Requiem aeternam
Out of the deep
Pie Jesu
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
The Lord is my shepherd
Lux aeterna
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Rutter’s Requiem
Wednesday 27th November, 7pm
Foundation Scholars
The Pimlico Chorus
Teacher-Singers
Conductor James Day
Programme
Requiem John Rutter
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation’s Winter concert of Rutter's Requiem, performed with professional soloists.
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Wednesday 27th November, 7pm-8pm.
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St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico.
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Tickets £15
£0 for Under 30s
There is also a ‘pay what you can’ option, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk for details.
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