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Mirror of Perfection

Three masterpieces that span a century of musical writing

Part of the Guildford Choral 2018-2019 Season

Add to my Calendar 23-03-2019 19:30 23-03-2019 21:30 36 Mirror of Perfection Richard Blackford is one of the UK’s pre-eminent concert and media composers. Mirror of Perfection was composed in the 1990s, and sets the delightful poetry of St Francis of Assisi in a powerful cantata of great lyrical beauty. Maurice Duruflé composed his longest and most substantial work, Requiem, at the end of World War II and, perhaps not surprisingly, he focusses his settings on rest and peace. These 20th century pieces are balanced by Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, written and first performed at the end of the 19th century, and still among the most frequently performed of all his music Guildford Cathedral, Guildford DD/MM/YYYY

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Guildford Cathedral
Stag Hill
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7UP
England

Programme

Maurice Duruflé – Requiem, Op.9
Richard Blackford – Mirror of Perfection
Edward Elgar – Serenade for String Orchestra in E Minor, Op.20

Performers

Josephine Goddard – soprano
Hugo Herman-Wilson – Bass
Jonathan Willcocks – Conductor

Guildford Choral Society
Southern Pro Musica

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Programme Note

Richard Blackford is one of the UK’s pre-eminent concert and media composers. Mirror of Perfection was composed in the 1990s, and sets the delightful poetry of St Francis of Assisi in a powerful cantata of great lyrical beauty. Maurice Duruflé composed his longest and most substantial work, Requiem, at the end of World War II and, perhaps not surprisingly, he focusses his settings on rest and peace. These 20th century pieces are balanced by Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, written and first performed at the end of the 19th century, and still among the most frequently performed of all his music

Mirror of Perfection

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