Fauré’s Requiem & Bach | Tenebrae & Aurora Orchestra

This concert is completely sold out.  If we receive any returns on the door, these will be available from 6.15pm at the main door of the Sheldonian Theatre.  Cash only, please.

Ian Ritchie | Pre-concert talk at 6:30pm

Award-winning choir Tenebrae performs its interpretation of Fauré’s Requiem, described as ‘devastatingly beautiful’ Gramophone Magazine and ‘simply mind-blowing’ The Scotsman, with the virtuosic Aurora Orchestra.

Fauré’s Requiem favours serenity, joy and liberation over the dread and terror employed by most composers in settings of the Mass of the Dead. Preceded by Bach’s Partita for Violin No. 2 interspersed with chorales, the pairing of Bach’s intricate writing alongside Fauré’s serene Requiem highlights the overwhelming beauty in these fascinating works.

Please note this concert will last approximately 75 mins without an interval.

‘There is a hunger for what this finely polished group has to offer‘ The New York Times