Concert Details

Title:	Wisborough Requiem
Promoted by:	Friends of St Peter ad Vincula, Wisborough Green
Time:	Friday, 16 October 2009, at 7:30pm
Place:	Parish Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Wisborough Green
Description:	Wisborough Requiem in the Parish Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Wisborough Green on 14th, 15th and 16th October 2009 Somebody once said, I believe, that every composer should write a Requiem. I don’t know why, I thought it a good idea three years ago. I was laid up at the time and it took me just six weeks to put the whole thing together. I showed the first draft to a number of musicians and sought their opinion. As a result some of the music has developed but fundamentally the work is not very different from the original. I would like to acknowledge the advice I received, particularly from George Jones, Musical Director of the Billingshurst Choral Society and Dr Rod Paton, Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Chichester. I have chosen all the major elements of a traditional requiem and have added some of the less frequently used words. Since Gabriel Fauré extracted the Pie Jesu from the Lacrymosa we find that most of the commonly performed requiems contain this as a separate element sung by a solo soprano or treble. Soon after I had completed this work I arranged for a studio recording of my Pie Jesu sung by Libby, who is with us this evening. You may wish to listen to this on YouTube: enter Libby Egwuba Pie Jesu into Google. This concert takes place by kind permission of the Vicar and the PCC and I am very grateful to everyone who is taking part. My thanks also go to all who are coming to listen. I hope you will enjoy the evening as much as I have enjoyed arranging it.
Tickets:	£10 - accompanied children under 16 are free
Contact:	Peter Edmonds