Britten and Fauré
This autumn, Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir commemorates the death in 1976 of Benjamin Britten with an evening of choral masterpieces, where Britten’s vivid, lyrical sound world meets Gabriel Fauré’s timeless, serene beauty.
The programme’s centrepiece is Britten’s exuberant Rejoice in the Lamb – a joyous setting of Christopher Smart’s ebullient verse, full of rhythmic sparkle and colourful invention. Alongside this, his stirring Advance Democracy brings a strikingly different voice: bold, urgent and optimistic, a powerful call for social justice and a better future.
The choir will also perform Britten’s majestic Te Deum, the tender Hymn to the Virgin, and the intimate, profound A.M.D.G. – settings that reveal his unique gift for illuminating both sacred and secular words with extraordinary musical imagination.
For a final tribute, CML presents Fauré’s much-loved Requiem: a work of quiet consolation, luminous melody and transcendent serenity, written not as a dramatic lament, but as a journey towards peace and light.
Saturday November 21 7.30 pm
Temple Church
Temple
London EC4Y 7BB
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