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Eternal light

Saturday 15 March 2025 at 7:30pm
Sherborne Abbey

Uplifting music for Lent, featuring

Tomás Luis de Victoria Requiem (1605)

Uplifting music for Lent in the atmospheric setting of Sherborne Abbey from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s 1605 setting of the Requiem, along with music by Purcell, Lotti, Howells, Reger, Pizzetti and Tavener.

The final work Victoria published, the Requiem is a sumptuous six part setting and one of the glories of the Spanish Renaissance. With its vivid colours and sonorities, it’s still a landmark choral work over four hundred years after its composition.

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Missa Pro Defunctis a 6 (Requiem 1605)
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Take Him, earth, for cherishing
Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) Crucifixus
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Hear my prayer
Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968) De profundis
Max Reger (1873-1916) Der Mensch lebt und bestehet (Man liveth and endureth)
John Tavener (1944-2013) Funeral Ikos

Tickets £7 – £20, available online here


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