Durufle Requiem

Saturday, April 2, 2011

The superb setting of the Requiem Mass by organist and composer Maurice Duruflé. He mixes Gregorian chant and splendid harmonies, to make what is without doubt, one of the most moving religious works from the 20th Century. In St Cuthbert's Church.

• Musical Director John Gormley
• Organist: Henry Wallace
• Cellist: Feargus Egan
• Tenor: Rory Wilson
• Mezzo: Catherine Dunlop
• Baritone: Jonathan Wright
• *****
• Leighton, Kenneth  Crucifixus pro Nobis 
• Duruflé Requiem (Opus 9)