Somerset Chamber Choir Concert -Un Banquet Cleste Live Music & Concerts

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The intimate and timeless FAURÉ REQUIEM and other glorious choral music

Somerset Chamber Choir
Richard Laing – Conductor
Southern Sinfonia
Simon Hogan – Organ & Celestra
Katie Trethewey - Soprano
Angus McPhee - Baritone
Programme Details
Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
Organ Concerto – Francis Poulenc
Salve Regina – Arvo Pärt
Messe Breve- Yves Castagnet
O Sacrum Convivium – Olivier Messiaen
In Paradisum – Galina Grigorjeva

Details & Tickets https://www.somersetchamberchoir.org/concerts.htm

The intimate and timeless FAURÉ REQUIEM needs no introduction, suffice it to say that distilled within its movements are some of the most beautiful melodies ever written – the sublime In Paradisum will echo in the mind for many hours after we have drifted homeward from the Cathedral into the dimpsey.
In complete contrast, the POULENC ORGAN CONCERTO in the capable hands of virtuoso organist Simon Hogan (Southwark Cathedral, St Paul’s Cathedral), will have all the drama of a dizzying roller-coaster ride from Bach’s G minor Fantasia to the fairground and back again, and will remind us all that "..in Poulenc there is something of the monk and something of the rascal." (Claude Rostand)
On our journey to the current century, we will next encounter the subtly changing sound colours of Estonian Arvo Pärt, justly one of the most performed living composers in the world, and also a short atmospheric work by Ukrainian composer Galina Grigorjeva who has lived in Estonia for many years. But Paris awaits in the form of a captivating miniature by Messiaen, of the deeply expressive harmonies of Notre-Dameorganist Yves Castagnet and, stepping back 150 years, of a gloriously Romantic gem by Gounod whose rousing strains will be a timely reminder that uplifting music has an ever-important role in helping us weather difficult times.

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Date(s)29 Jul 2023
WebsiteVisit website
VenueWells Cathedral
AddressCathedral Green, Wells, Wells, Somerset,
BA5 2PA

Box Office01749 674483
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Event Details

Date29 Jul 2023
Time(s)7:00 PM - 9:15 PM
CostFrom £15
VenueWells Cathedral
Cathedral Green, Wells
Wells
Somerset
BA5 2PA
Phone01749-673091
CategoryLive Music & Concerts


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