Duruflé’s Requiem
24 May 2024
Classical Music
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs virtuosic Chamber Singers present inspiring music by Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso together with French composer Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem – a work that blends Gregorian plainchant with the sensual melodies of a Modern.
Please note: this event is not held at the Sydney Opera House.
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Friday 24 May 2024 | 7pm |
Standard | Price |
| Unreserved Seating | $39 |
Concession | Price |
| Unreserved Seating | $35 |
| Child under 18 years | Price |
| Unreserved Seating | $35 |
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Run time
This performance will run for approximately 90 minutes, with no interval.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
Recommended for ages 12+
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
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Duruflé’s Requiem
Take a moment to step inside the neo-gothic sandstone church near Wynyard station – St Philip’s on York Street – and be transported to another world.
Three short Renaissance religious works by Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso are the perfect entrée for Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem. This work from 1947 is grounded in achingly beautiful chants to which he adds his modern French musical voice, steeped in mysticism and sensual harmonic lines, played this time on the St Philip’s organ by the brilliant David Drury. Duruflé did not write a lot – but what we have has been crafted into exquisite perfection.
The intimacy and kaleidoscopic stained glass of St Philip’s on York Street makes an utterly beautiful setting for this short Friday night concert.
Program
Orlando di LASSO
Adoramus te
Ave verum corpus
Timor et tremor
Maurice DURUFLÉ
Requiem
Artists
Sam Allchurch Conductor
Chamber Singers
David Drury Organ
Presented by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Plan your visit
Venue information
Please note: this event is not held at the Sydney Opera House.
St Philip’s is located at 3 York Street Sydney. Enter the church via the door on Jamison Street.
There is no parking at the church. Buses arrive on York Street, opposite, if travelling from the north; or nearby on Clarence Street if travelling from the south. Wynyard train station is 300 metres away; Circular Quay trains, ferries and light rail is a 10-minute walk away.
The church will be open 30 minutes before the concert. Refreshments are available from nearby retail outlets.
St Philips is pram and wheelchair accessible via the gate at the corner of York and Jamison Streets and ramp at the Jamison Street door.
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