Sydney Philharmonia Choirs - Duruflé’s Requiem (2024)

 Choral Singing / Chamber Music

 

Duruflé’s Requiem

 

Friday, 24 May at 7pm
St Philip’s Church, York Street, Wynyard

 

“Exquisite musicianship, exemplary precision and virtuosic control.”

Sydney Arts Guide, 2023

 

Duruflé Requiem, Op. 9, is a 1947 (revised 1961) setting of the Latin Requiem by the French composer Maurice Duruflé for a solo baritone, mezzo-soprano, mixed choir, and organ, or orchestra with organ. The thematic material is mostly taken from the Mass for the Dead in Gregorian chant. The Requiem was first published in 1948 by Durand in an organ version. 

Take a moment to step inside the neo-gothic sandstone church near Wynyard station – St Philip’s on York Street – and be transported to another world. Three short Renaissance religious works by Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso are the perfect entrée for Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem. This work from 1947 is grounded in achingly beautiful chants to which he adds his modern French musical voice, steeped in mysticism and sensual harmonic lines played this time on the St Philip’s organ by the brilliant David Drury. Duruflé did not write a lot – but what we have has been crafted into exquisite perfection.

The intimacy and kaleidoscopic stained glass of St Philip’s on York Street makes an utterly beautiful setting for this short Friday night concert.

Friday 24 May at 7pm
St Philip’s Church, York Street, Wynyard

This performance will run for 90 minutes. No interval.

PROGRAM

Orlando di LASSO
Adoramus te
Ave verum corpus
Timor et tremor
Maurice DURUFLÉ
Requiem

ARTISTS

Brett Weymark conductor
Chamber Singers
David Drury organ

TICKETS

General Admission $39
Concessions and Under 18s $35
A booking fee of $8.95 per transaction applies.

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Review: 

Sydney Philharmonia, certainly not your normal Friday night commute!  classikON. By Pepe Newton | May 25, 2024 | Ambassador thoughts, Chamber Groups, Choirs, Harpsichord & Organ. Accessed May 28, 2024.

“Drury’s interpretation played a crucial role in creating an immersive sonic experience, sometimes producing weirdly harmonic soundscapes, but always perfectly fitting for the work.” – Pepe Newton, 

Trivia: 

Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers performed three Renaissance works by Orlando di Lasso and Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem. Sam Allchurch stepped into the breach at the last minute to conduct, to soloists Laura Griffin and Declan Wildes, the Chamber Singers – and last but not least, the brilliant David Drury who did the work of a whole orchestra on the keys of the St Philip’s York Street organ.

Related Links: 

Duruflé - Requiem, Op. 9 by Maurice Duruflé / Remastered (Century's recording). Classical Music /  Reference Recording. Accessed May 9, 2024.

M. Duruflé REQUIEM (Op. 9) - University of King's College Chapel Choir, Paul Halley, Nick Halley. Uploaded by University of King's College Chapel Choir. Accessed April 26, 2024

Photo Credit:

Durufle's Requiem. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.  Accessed April 26, 2024  

Resources:

Durufle's Requiem.  Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.  (Available at the time of access, April 26, 2024.) 

Requiem. (Durufle). en.wikipedia.org.

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