Following the inspiring example of Mozart’s Requiem we will immerse ourselves in three requiems from the Romantic era. Brahms’ German Requiem used a Lutheran text and includes the chorus “How lovely are thy dwellings fair”. Verdi’s Requiem is well-known for its dramatic “Dies Irae”; by contrast the opening is quietly pleading. Faure’s Requiem has an altogether gentler approach, with its “Pie Jesu” and “In Paradiso” making the perfect ending. 

Ian France 

Residential: £350 Non-residential: £245