This concert traces the remarkable tradition of composing music for the dead in the 15th century. The programme is centred around Antoine Brumel’s (c.1460-1512) powerful Requiem Mass, which is the earliest surviving setting to include the text of the sequence, ‘Dies irae’, to glorious effect. We explore music written by composers in memory of their peers, revealing the hidden sense of community and loss shared by prominent musicians in the twilight of the Middle Ages. This beautiful and inspiring pageant of poetry and music is not to be missed.