Fauré Requiem
Wed, 18 Jun
|St Giles Cripplegate
For the opening night of Summer Music in City Churches, Sir John Rutter conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Choir in a performance of Fauré's much-loved Requiem.
Time & Location
18 Jun 2025, 19:30 – 21:30
St Giles Cripplegate, Fore St, City of London, London EC2Y 8DA, UK
About the event
For tickets, please book via the Summer Music in City Churches website.
"Word of the Highest, our only hope,
Eternal day of earth and the heavens..."
The opening words of Gabriel Fauré's 'Cantique de Jean Racine' evoke the theme of this year's Summer Music in City Churches - Eternal Light - and his timeless, ethereal setting of the Requiem mass is the first of the three which form the pillars of the festival ("may light perpetual shine upon them"). Both of these much-loved works are performed in the orchestration by Sir John Rutter, alongside his own 'Suite Antique' and a pair of colourful dances by the impressionist composer, Debussy.
FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine
DEBUSSY Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane
RUTTER Suite Antique
FAURÉ Requiem
Hannah Dienes-Williams, soprano
Edward Grint, baritone
City of London Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir John Rutter, conductor
There will be a 20 minute interval, during which refreshments will be available.
Details may change but are correct at time of publication.