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Fauré Requiem: Aurora Orchestra & BBC Singers

Earth Unwrapped

Fri 31 Jan
Classical

Fauré Requiem: Aurora Orchestra & BBC Singers

Earth Unwrapped

Schütz Selig sind die Toten
Kim Porter Your World
Mahler (trans. Gottwald) Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert Lieder)
Britten (arr. Imogen Holst) Rejoice in the Lamb
Interval
Fauré Requiem
Nicholas Collon conductor
BBC Singers
Aurora Orchestra

Aurora Orchestra welcomes the BBC Singers for a programme that lifts its eyes to the horizon and glimpses the divine from Earth. Each of the works featured in this collaborative concert takes comfort in the prospect of a world beyond, whether discerned in the beauty of nature, in the power of human imagination, or in paradise after death.


Presented in Imogen Holst’s arrangement for chamber orchestra and voices, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb sets the extraordinary poetry of nineteenth-century asylum inmate Christopher Smart. An ecstatic ode to the divine he perceived in abundance in the world around him despite his confinement – whether in his cat’s morning ritual, the simple beauty of flowers, or the bravery of a mouse – Smart’s text is brought to life by some of Britten’s most masterly word-setting.

Mahler’s ‘O garish world, long since thou hast lost me’ takes a contrasting perspective: a rejection of the world’s mundane tumult in favour of a personal ‘heaven’ of love and song. Meanwhile Kim Porter – herself a former BBC Singer – sets Harlem Renaissance poet Georgia Douglas Johnson’s ode to the self-expression and the pursuit of a free and fulfilled life.

At the heart of the programme is Fauré’s Requiem, written shortly after the death of the composer’s father in 1888. A serene, consoling vision of peace and ‘happy deliverance’ after death, the work remains one of the most enduringly popular treasures of choral music, and is performed here in the original chamber orchestra version rediscovered by editor John Rutter in Paris’ Bibliothèque nationale after a century of neglect.

‘Aurora Orchestra, that extraordinary group of young musicians who’ve shaken up the orchestral world’ Ivan Hewitt, The Telegraph 

This event will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval.

This concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for broadcast at a later date.

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Food & Drink

Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.

Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.

Date:Fri 31 Jan
Start time:8pm (Doors: 7.30pm)
Venue:Hall One

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