With Graham Sadler.
5: Requiem Aeternam
In 18th-century France, memorial services were often celebrated with a macabre, theatrical pomp that now seems astonishing. Yet there is nothing ghoulish about Campra's
Messe de Requiem, a work of dignified restraint and tender lyricism whose consolatory tone anticipates that of later French settings. The requiem is performed by Le Concert Spirituel, directed by Herve Niquet. Today's programme also includes movements from Cierambault's Suite du Deuxieme
Ton played by Marie-Claire Alain (organ). Repeated from last Friday