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Duruflé: Requiem, Op.9
Requiem, Op.9 by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
University of Sussex Chamber Choir
Hannah Folkes (conductor)
D’Arcy Trinkwon (organ)
Duruflé began his setting of the Latin Requiem in May 1941 in response to a composition competition commissioned by the collaborationist Vichy government: he was still working on
it in 1944 when the regime collapsed. Ever the self-critical perfectionist he did complete it until September 1947. Dedicating the work to the memory of his father, the first versio
University of Sussex Chamber Choir
Hannah Folkes (conductor)
D’Arcy Trinkwon (organ)
Duruflé began his setting of the Latin Requiem in May 1941 in response to a composition competition commissioned by the collaborationist Vichy government: he was still working on
it in 1944 when the regime collapsed. Ever the self-critical perfectionist he did complete it until September 1947. Dedicating the work to the memory of his father, the first versio
Tickets on the door: £5 / £3
The Meeting House, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9QF
Mon 23 Mar 2020
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