Fauré’s Requiem
- Date
- Sunday 1 November 2026, 4:30pm
- Venue
- Beckenham Methodist Church
- Conductor
- Christopher Braime
- Accompanist
- Alex Grinyer
- Soloists
- Emma Bond (soprano), Oliver Turner (baritone)
- Tickets
- £15, under 18s free
Our autumn concert centred on Fauré’s Requiem, which he described as a ‘lullaby of death’, with Emma Bond and Oliver Turner as soloists. Before the interval we sang Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer, which builds to its famous ‘O for the wings of a dove’, and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, settings of poems by George Herbert.
Emma, who joined us as rehearsal accompanist this term, also sang Howells’ song King David, and Alex Grinyer, who accompanied on the organ, played Ian Hunt’s Toccata Giocosa.
Repertoire
- Felix Mendelssohn Hear my prayer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
- Gabriel Fauré Requiem