Fulham Camerata To Perform Brahms Requiem


Choral group's autumn concert to be held at Holy Cross Church

Fulham Camerata
Fulham Camerata

November 13, 2023

Fulham Camerata choral group’s autumn concert this month is to be a performance of the renowned Brahms Requiem on Sunday 19 November.

The 35-strong group of singers will showcase this major work from 6.30pm at Holy Cross Church, in Ashington Road, Parsons Green.

Sung in English for the concert, the piece will feature solo performances from soprano Natalie Houlston and Fulham Camerata’s composer-in-residence Alex Hopkins.

The singers will be joined by two piano accompanists, Chris Potts and Will Fairbairn. 

The duo will play the same piano simultaneously during their duet, requiring high piano skills and coordination, explains Fulham Camerata’s Geraldine Cooper. 

Developed by German composer Johannes Brahms following the death of his mother in 1865, the Requiem explores suffering and the transient nature of life in dramatic detail.

Considered a pivotal milestone in Brahms’ career, the Requiem is held to represent the composer’s most ambitious choral music.

“The movements are dramatic, dealing with the transient nature of life, with suffering and the resurrection of the dead,” adds Geraldine. “It promises to be a thought-provoking and beautiful concert, performed a week after Remembrance Sunday.”

Tickets cost £15 for general admission, £10 for students and free for under 16s are available on the door.

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