Langcliffe Singers will mark the centenary of the First World War’s outbreak with a concert on Saturday.
The choir, conducted by Nigel Walker, will perform two requiems at Giggleswick School Chapel.
One requiem is by Herbert Howells and the other is by John Rutter.
Howell wrote his a cappella Requiem in 1932, intending it for the choir at King’s College, Cambridge, but it was never sent, and remained unknown until its eventual publication in 1980.
Following the death of his son in 1935, Howells had used substantial parts of the earlier requiem in composing Hymnus Paradisi, a major choral work intended as a memorial.
John Rutter completed his Requiem Mass in 1985 and conducted its first performance at the Lovers’ Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas.
It combines texts from the Requiem Mass and the Book of Common Prayer and follows the example of Faure and Brahms, who had their own individual preferences when selecting appropriate verses to set.
Rutter’s Requiem is optimistic in its message of hope and comfort, expressed through the beauty of the chosen text and uplifting music. The concert starts at 7.30pm.
E-mail sarah.glossop@-btinternet.com for tickets, priced £10, are available on the door.
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