Jack Barclay & City of London Sinfonia
Jack Barclay invited clients to attend the London premier of John Tavener’s recently completed Requiem at London’s famous Cadogan Hall on Friday 14th November.
Performed by outstanding British singers Elin Manahan Thomas and Andrew Kennedy, conducted by Richard Hickox and the acclaimed City of London Sinfonia, Tavener’s masterpiece is preceded by works of equal beauty and intensity by Purcell and Shostakovich, whose String Quartet No.8 was arranged for full string orchestra by Rudolph Barshai.
“Timeless yet urgent, disarmingly simple in places, thunderously apocalyptic elsewhere, it is inexorably focused on the inevitable hour when - to quote Tavener's subtitle, borrowed from a Hindu sage - “our glory lies where we cease to exist”. And though pithy by Tavener's metaphysical standards (a mere 35 minutes) it is vast in concept.” The Times
City of London Sinfonia is one of the UK’s leading professional orchestras and performs more than one hundred concerts each year in London, throughout the UK and abroad. Founded in 1971 by its Music Director Richard Hickox CBE, it has established a reputation for thoughtfully combined programmes, a commitment to music by 20th and contemporary British composers and for the expert stylistic interpretation of the repertoire performed. For further information please visit the City of London Sinfonia website at www.cityoflondonsinfonia.co.uk