with the Choir of King's
College Cambridge and the English Chamber Orchestra leader JOSÉ-LUIS GARCIA
Tonight's Close Harmony comes from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
The Saturday before Easter is a day of mourning, but tempered with the hope of life to come. The music reflects this theme in two major works: the psalm 'Miserere mei, Deus', in the setting by GREGORIO ALLEGRI, and the Requiem by GABRIEL faure. This is the first television performance of Faure
Requiem in the edition by JOHN RUTTER which re-creates the sound Faure intended for his own church in Paris.
Barry Rose introduces the programme, and in the interval Stephen Cleobury , Director of Music at King's, reveals the training that's required to maintain the King's sound.
Soloists STEPHEN VARCOE
IAN BARTER. CHARLES STEWARD Organists STEPHEN LAYTON RICHARD FARNES
Sound GRAHAM HA1NES Lighting PETER WEBB Executive producer STEPHEN WHITTLE
Producer DAVID KREMER