Fauré’s Requiem: Music for Reflection and Hope | The Bach Choir

The Bach Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra join forces for a moving performance featuring two of Fauré’s best-loved choral works.

This concert continues the Bach Choir’s strong tradition of both heritage and innovation, as Fauré’s Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine are paired with two new works composed during lockdown. Vision of a Garden, by Ivor Novello award-winner Richard Blackford, sets a poignant text by choir member Peter Johnstone. It incorporates extracts from diaries written for Peter by Nhs staff during his many weeks on a ventilator to battle and overcome COVID. The concert begins with The Promise – an emotive unaccompanied work presented alongside a powerful short film. Vaughan Williams’s Tallis Fantasia showcases the trademark warmth and beauty of the Philharmonia’s string section. The 150+ singers of the Bach Choir return to the concert platform with an afternoon of reflection and hope for the future.

This concert is co-promoted by the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Bach Choir.