Requiem by Karl Jenkins - The Geelong Chorale
2:30pm, Sun, 18 Aug 2024
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Type of event: Concert Start time: 2:30pm External website related to this event: thegeelongchorale.org.au Venue: 100 Yarra St
GeelongDescription: We are thrilled to present Requiem by Karl Jenkins in its original version with full orchestral accompaniment. Over the centuries many composers have composed Requiems (think Victoria, Mozart, Verdi to name three) but Jenkins, in his usual fashion, creates a completely distinctive, contemporary composition.
In this deeply moving work, he combines the traditional Latin movements of the Mass for the Dead with five Japanese haiku: in this case, poems concerned with nature and the water cycle, which the Japanese view as being synonymous with life. In this journey of life and death, Jenkins utilises a wide palette of orchestral colours and rhythms (including hip-hop) whilst referencing other settings of the Requiem by Fauré, Duruflé and Lloyd-Webber.
Sunday 18th August 2024 at 2.30pm
Wesley Uniting Church
100 Yarra Street
Geelong
Admission $40 / $35
