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Netherlands Radio Chorus

The Netherlands Radio Chorus under Ed Spanjaard. Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine. Heppener: Del iubilo del core che esce in voce. Durufle: Scherzo; Requiem. Poulenc: Salve Regina.

Ian Skelly introduces French sacred music performed by the Netherlands Radio Chorus with organist Jan Hage, conducted by Ed Spanjaard. The concert was recorded last October in Utrecht. The main work of the evening is Duruflé's Requiem, one of the greatest and most influential sacred works of the 20th century, which at the same time harks back to earlier composition techniques in which the liturgical plainsong Requiem melodies form the backbone of the music.

Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
Robert Heppener: Del iubilo del core che esce in voce
Maurice Duruflé: Scherzo, Op. 2
Francis Poulenc: Salve Regina
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9

Virginie Verrez (mezzo-soprano)
Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Michael Müller (cello)
Netherlands Radio Chorus
Jan Hage (organ)
Ed Spanjaard (conductor).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11

    Performer: Jan Hage. Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard.
  • Robert Heppener

    Del iubilo del core che esce in voce

    Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Scherzo, op. 2

    Performer: Jan Hage.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Salve Regina, for chorus a cappella

    Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Exultate Deo, for chorus a cappella

    Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Requiem, op. 9

    Performer: Jan Hage. Performer: Michael Muller. Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard. Singer: Virginie Verrez. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Overture to Orphee aux enfers

    Orchestra: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Jan 2017 19:30