Concert - Duruflé's Requiem
Saturday 7th November 2026 - 7.30pm
St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Goring-on-Thames
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Daniel Mahoney - conductor
Sophie Rivlin - cello
Nicholas Shaw - organ
Reading Bach Choir opens our 60th anniversary season with a beautiful concert for choir, cello and organ.
Featuring Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, the concert also includes works by Becky McGlade, John Tavener, and a UK premiere by Nathalie Joachim. McGlade’s setting of Tennyson’s The Oak reflects on the cycles of life. The Choir presents the UK premiere of Nathalie Joachim’s Virtues. Commissioned by ArtsPhilly, Shawn Felton, The Crossing and Donald Nally, the work explores Benjamin Franklin’s The Thirteen Necessary Virtues. A Greek drama in miniature, Tavener’s Svyati sets the cello and choir in dialogue with the text from the Orthodox funeral service.
Duruflé’s Requiem is choral masterwork that feels simultaneously timeless and thoroughly modern. Duruflé weaves a tapestry of Gregorian chant that envelops the listener in a comforting embrace while at the same time the undulating meters and harmonies lend a distinctively 20th-century feel to the work.
We hope you will join us.
Tickets £18 in advance and £20 on the door. U18s £5
Saturday 7th November 2026 - 7.30pm
St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Goring-on-Thames
BUY TICKETS
Daniel Mahoney - conductor
Sophie Rivlin - cello
Nicholas Shaw - organ
Reading Bach Choir opens our 60th anniversary season with a beautiful concert for choir, cello and organ.
Featuring Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, the concert also includes works by Becky McGlade, John Tavener, and a UK premiere by Nathalie Joachim. McGlade’s setting of Tennyson’s The Oak reflects on the cycles of life. The Choir presents the UK premiere of Nathalie Joachim’s Virtues. Commissioned by ArtsPhilly, Shawn Felton, The Crossing and Donald Nally, the work explores Benjamin Franklin’s The Thirteen Necessary Virtues. A Greek drama in miniature, Tavener’s Svyati sets the cello and choir in dialogue with the text from the Orthodox funeral service.
Duruflé’s Requiem is choral masterwork that feels simultaneously timeless and thoroughly modern. Duruflé weaves a tapestry of Gregorian chant that envelops the listener in a comforting embrace while at the same time the undulating meters and harmonies lend a distinctively 20th-century feel to the work.
We hope you will join us.
Tickets £18 in advance and £20 on the door. U18s £5
