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BBC Singers: Durufle's Requiem

Stephen Cleobury conducts a performance of Durufle's Requiem alongside the world premiere of Thomas Simaku's The Scream. Performed by the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra.

Stephen Cleobury conducts the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in a concert from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge, to mark the 70th anniversary of the completion of Maurice Duruflé's Requiem. The programme also features the world premiere of Thomas Simaku's 'The Scream', for 34 solo strings, alongside Parry's iconic masterpiece, the Songs of Farewell, and beloved sacred works by Duruflé.

Thomas Simaku: The Scream (world premiere)
Parry: Songs of Farewell
Duruflé': Notre Père, Op.14
Duruflé: Requiem, Op.9

BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury, conductor.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 20 Nov 201719:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Thomas Simaku

    The Scream

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

  • Hubert Parry

    Songs of Farewell

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Maurice Duruflé

    Notre Père

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

  • Maurice Duruflé

    Requiem

    Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Somerset Rhapsody, Op 21 No 2

    Conductor: Norman Del Mar. Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta.
    • Gustav Holst - Brook Green Suite; Planets Suite.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Singer: Philip Langridge. Ensemble: Britten Quartet.
    • EMI.

Credits

PerformerBBC Singers
PerformerBBC Concert Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Nov 201719:30
    BBC Radio 3