Biennial Concert of the St Cecilia Festival Society

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Sat 31st October 2015, 7:30pm

The Hardynge Choir, Radlett Choral Society and St Albans Chamber Choir join St Albans Symphony Orchestra

Geraldine McGreevy, soprano
Deborah Miles-Johnson, alto
Mark Wilde, tenor
Jeremy White, bass

Dvorák composed his Requiem in the final decade of the 19th century. Despite the specifically religious nature of its text, the work, with its large scale, its many performers and its construction in two parts so as to allow for an intermission, was always intended for the concert hall rather than the church.

St Albans Abbey
Sumpter Yard
St Albans
AL1 1BY

Conductor: Alex Flood

Dvorak: Requiem

The Hardynge Choir, Radlett Choral Society and St Albans Chamber Choir join St Albans Symphony Orchestra

Geraldine McGreevy, soprano
Deborah Miles-Johnson, alto
Mark Wilde, tenor
Jeremy White, bass

Dvorák composed his Requiem in the final decade of the 19th century. Despite the specifically religious nature of its text, the work, with its large scale, its many performers and its construction in two parts so as to allow for an intermission, was always intended for the concert hall rather than the church.