Duruflé's Requiem and sacred music for the season
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Our next Concert is on Saturday 28 March, 2026
at 7:30pm at St Mary's Church, Aylesbury
Our Spring Concert, including Duruflé's Requiem
Duruflé: Requiem
Allegri: Miserere
Tallis: Salvator Mundi
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Chilcott: God so loved the world
Dan Forrest: And can it be
Philip Stopford: O Sacrum Convivium
Maurice Duruflé was not a particularly prolific composer and he died quite young at about the age of forty. However, what he wrote have become classics and his music much admired. This is no less true than for the glorious Requiem, written in 1941. It is often compared to the Requiem by Fauré. They are both reflective and lack some of the high drama of the works by the like of Verdi and Mozart, but, otherwise, they are quite different. Fauré's may well be more popular but the Duruflé is also considered widely as a masterpiece of French grace and beauty. ACS will be performing this work on 28th March directed by Philip Stopford and with an organ accompaniment played by Colin Spinks.
Then, in the second half of the concert, there will be a selection of similarly reflective sacred works appropriate to the season of the year including Allegri's famous Miserere, Tallis's Salavtor Mundi and the more modern works of Dan Forrest (And can it be), Bob Chilott (God so loved the world) and Philip Stopford (O Sacrum Convivium), Do come along and enjoy the serenity and gorgeousness of these and other works.
The concert will be accompanied on the organ by Colin Spinks and will be directed, as always, by Philip Stopford.
Tickets can be purchased at
£18 for adults
£7 for under 18s
Tickets can be purchased by clicking on the link above or by email from acschairman@gmail.com or in person from choir members or by attending one of our rehearsals at The Church on Fairford Leys, Aylesbury on a Tuesday from 7:30 - 9:30pm.
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Our following Concert is on Saturday 20 June, 2026
at 7:30pm at St Mary's Church, Aylesbury
Our Summer concert of:
Music for Stage and Screen
accompanied at the Piano by Colin Spinks
and directed by Philip Stopford
Tickets at £18 and £7 can be purchased from March 28th, 2025 via the same links and sources as above.
