Whats on at Colston Hall, Bristol on Saturday 31st March?
Berlioz Te Deum &faure Requiem at Colston Hall, Bristol, Bristol
Colston Hall,
13 Colston Street
Bristol BS1 5AR
Saturday 31st March 2012 / £10 - £23 (under 25s £5)
The grandeur and sheer spectacle of the Berlioz Te Deum contrasts with the intimacy and familiarity of Faur's Requiem in this tour de force of French choral masterpieces:
Over 900 performers took part in the premiere of Berlioz' lavishly-scored, organ-rich, chorally-supersized setting of the Te Deum, a majestic, at times elemental hymn writ large to'the eternal hopes and fears of the human race'. Its first performance provoked wild enthusiasm and'tears that flowed like a river'. Tonight's performance is writ larger than usual, including two movements often omitted. Cementing the French connection and forging a liturgical entente cordiale is Faur's altogether more intimate and reassuring Requiem - a'lullaby of death' discharged in the reposeful resignation of the beguiling'In Paradisum'.
This will be a repeat of a 24 March performance at Gloucester Cathedral.
Saturday 31 March 2012, 7.30pm
Colston Hall, Bristol
Berlioz: Te Deum
Faur : Requiem
Bristol Choral Society
Gloucester Choral Society
Choristers of Bristol and Gloucester Cathedral Choirs
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Ashley Grote - Organ
Adrian Partington - Conductor
Hannah Atherton - Soprano
Paul Charles Clarke - Tenor
Richard Walshe - Bass
Tickets: £23, £19, £15, £12, £10 (Under 25s £5, concessions available) from the Colston Hall: 0117 922 3686 or book online: colstonhall.org/whatson/event2587
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