Requiem in D Minor, Gabriel Fauré and The Prophet, Harvey Brough

Vox Holloway

Vox Holloway performs Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and The Prophet composed by Harvey Brough with words by Kahlil Gibran.

The Fauré Requiem in D minor is an all-time audience favourite, presented here in a new version for chamber orchestra by Harvey Brough, alongside Harvey’s musical adaption of The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.

The Fauré Requiem distilled some of the most beautiful melodies he ever composed. Although it was written around the time of his parents’ deaths, he later declared, ‘My Requiem wasn’t written for anything – for pleasure if I may call it that!’ It is uplifting rather than mournful.

Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, was published in September 1923. The work begins with the mysterious prophet, Almustafa, preparing to leave the city of Orphalese, where he has lived for twelve years, to return to the island of his birth. The people of the city beg him not to go, but as he prepares to depart, the seeress, Almitra, asks him to share his truths. He talks about all human life: love, marriage, children, giving, reason and passion, joy and sorrow, concluding with his famous words on death, before he boards his ship and vanishes into the mist. Gibran illustrated The Prophet himself, adding to the power of a work which made him the bestselling poet of the twentieth century.

Vox Holloway make a welcome return to St James’s Piccadilly after their triumphant performance of Handel, Purcell and Brough last Easter. They are joined by a superb cast of soloists and players.

Soloists: Eloise Irving, Maurice Wren, Faith Waddell, Imogen Parry and Lucy Potterton

Holloway Players led by David le Page

Directed by Harvey Brough

The concert begins at 7pm and doors open at 6.30pm

There is step-free access to the Church via both Piccadilly and Jermyn Street to the ground floor of the Church (stalls). We offer a free ticket to carers accompanying anyone with a disability. Please book as required.