RICHMONDSHIRE Choral Society will perform Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Faure’s Requiem in St Mary’s Church, Richmond, on Saturday, March 22.
The Vaughan Williams work is not often performed and consequently the society has been awarded a grant by the Ralph Williams Charitable Trust to help fund the concert. The conductor, Peter Collis, was keen it should be sung this year as a tribute to the memory of all those who served in the First World War.
The choir will be accompanied by a small ensemble from the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra with a piano providing the major accompaniment in the Vaughan Williams.
This is an alternative version written by the composer rather than simply using the instrument as a substitute for a full orchestra, for which there is not enough room in St Mary’s. The soloists will be Eleanor Garside, soprano, and Graham McCucker, baritone, both young graduates of the Royal Northern College of Music.
Tickets cost £10, available from choir members, Richmond tourist information office, Castle Hill Books or at the door.
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