Mozart, Duruflé, Poulenc at Southwark Cathedral

Thames Philharmonic Choir will perform Mozart's Solemn Vespers K339 and the Duruflé Requiem at Southwark Cathedral on Saturday 11 June. They will be joined by members of the Symphonic Choir of the City of Konstanz, Germany.

Mozart’s exuberant setting of the Vespers psalms constitutes one of his finest choral works, successive movements evincing a range of styles from a pastiche Renaissance fantasia to the world of eighteenth-century opera. Baroque influences are also evident, as they are in the Poulenc

Concerto, one of the finest written for the organ. Duruflé, the eminent Parisian organist who gave its first performance, created a variety of compositions, of which the Requiem is regarded as his masterpiece.

The concert will feature Stephen Disley, Assistant Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral and one of England’s leading organists. All four vocal soloists have also distinguished themselves in previous performances with us: Katherine Crompton and Katie Coventry first sang with the Choir as advanced students of the Royal College of Music, while Mark Dobell and Edward Grint are already established soloists.