A Concert for Easter

Weymouth Choral Society will present music for an Easter concert featuring a performance of Faure’s much-loved Requiem and selections from Handel’s oratorio ‘Messiah’. Organist Simon Earl and trumpeter Winston Leese will accompany the choral music, with guest vocal soloists Lizzie Peacock (soprano) and Andrew Mayor (bass).

Faure’s Requiem is one of the most popular musical compositions every written, much admired for its peacefulness and serenity which gives it an ethereal beauty and universal appeal. Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is also one of the most widely-performed choral works. A commentary and reflection on Christ’s Nativity, Passion, Resurrection and Ascension, the work gives rise to a wide gamut of emotions in the listener. The concert will feature a selection of several choruses and solos from Handel’s oratorio, including ‘The Trumpet Shall Sound’, ‘Rejoice’ and, of course, ‘Hallelujah’.