Fulham Camerata Autumn Concert Celebrates French Composers
Programme features Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Marcel Dupré
Fulham Camerata
October 28, 2024
This year’s autumn concert from Fulham Camerata is a journey through a French musical adventure
A celebration of French composers is taking place Holy Cross Church in Parsons Green on Sunday 17 November.
The choral group will perform music from late 19th century and early 20th century French composers.
Featuring Maurice Duruflé's Requiem as its centrepiece, the musical evening will bring together the 35-strong group of singers from 6.30pm at the church on in Ashington Road, Parsons Green.
The concert will also take a tour of some of the best-loved pieces from composers including Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Marcel Dupré. ,
The whole group has been rehearsing over the past two months for what is the debut concert for Fulham Camerata's new music director, Harry Guthrie
Having performed Duruflé's Requiem while studying music at the University of Cambridge, he was eager to bring its expressive and dramatic qualities to Fulham Camerata's singers.
Mr Guthrie explains, "I wanted to put together a programme of music that I knew really well to start with but that also had a couple of things that would be new to me.
"I performed Duruflé's Requiem a lot at university as a singer and I knew how many individual vocal lines there are for each voice part.
"Having all of these solo lines for each soprano, alto, tenor and bass section of the choir really has allowed me to get to all of the choir members a bit better and work with them directly."
Written in memory of the composer's father, much of the material in the 1947 piece comes from Gregorian chant and includes full choral voices with mezzo soprano and baritone soloists.
The dramatic Requiem will be followed by pieces continuing the French theme, including two melodic and tranquil a cappella songs, Calme des Nuits and Les Fleurs et les Arbres, from composer Saint-Saëns.
Tickets cost £18 for general admission, or £15 for students and under 25s are available on the door and online.
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