Saturday, May 11

Matthew Coleridge 'Requiem' concert - Llandaff Cathedral

Name: Matthew Coleridge 'Requiem' concert - Llandaff Cathedral
Start: 2024-05-11T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-05-11T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Llandaff Cathedral

A modern choral classic performed by a choir of 150 singers, conducted by its composer. With world-renowned baritone Jeremy Huw Williams

By Matthew Coleridge Music

Date and time

Saturday, May 11 · 7 - 8pm GMT+1

Location

Llandaff Cathedral

Cathedral Close Cardiff CF5 2LA United Kingdom

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About this event

1 hour

"A modern choral classic" - Classic FM Hall of Fame 2024

"Reaches into the soul and lifts it skyward" - BBC Music Magazine

Matthew Coleridge's sublime choral work 'Requiem' has become one of the UK's favourite new choral works.

The composer himself conducts a choir of 150 singers, accompanied by professional string orchestra and organ, for a deeply moving performance of this beautiful music.

They'll be joined by world-renowned baritone soloist Jeremy Huw Williams, cellist Rhys Herbert (winner of RWCMD's Concert Competition 2023) and soprano Sarah Jane Griffiths, with Simon Earl at the organ.

Programme:
And There Was Light - Matthew Coleridge (solo cello and string orchestra) 3'
My Beloved Spake - Matthew Coleridge (choir, baritone solo, organ) 4'
Prayer - Morten Lauridsen (baritone & piano) 3'
High Flight (world premiere) - Matthew Coleridge (baritone & piano) 3'
Nunc Dimittis - Matthew Coleridge (choir, strings and organ) 4'
Requiem - Matthew Coleridge (solo cello, choir, strings, organ, baritone, soprano) 30'

Organized by

Matthew Coleridge Music

One of the UK's most exciting emerging choral composers, Matthew Coleridge is a charismatic and engaging choir director. His 'Requiem in a Day' choral workshops are popular with choral singers around the country.