The Hallé with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and Leeds Festival Chorus
Sheffield International Concert Season 2022/2023
Sunday 18 June 2023, 19:00 PM
TicketsDate
Sunday, 18 June 2023
Time
19:00
Price
£22.50, £27.95 & £30.50 (includes fees)
Approx. running times:
Doors: 5:45pm
Pre Show Talk: 6pm
Show Starts: 7:05pm
Curfew: 9pm
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This programme is Verdi Requiem and there is no interval at this concert.
The Hallé with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and Leeds Festival Chorus
Sheffield International Concert Season 2022/23
Oval Hall | Sheffield City Hall
Programme: VERDI Requiem (84)
*Please note there is no interval at this concert*
Featuring:
Sofi Jeannin conductor
Claire Rutter soprano
Rosie Aldridge mezzo-soprano
Sam Furness tenor
David Shipley bass
Verdi’s Requiem was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, a writer and humanist whom Verdi very much admired. The composer hoped to emulate through his music what Manzoni had achieved for Italian literature. Initially the work was controversial because of Verdi’s overt operatic approach to a sacred text: he responded to every nuance of the words, such as the spine-chilling ‘Dies irae,’ the limpid beauty of the ‘Lacrimosa’ and the thrilling double-fugue of the ‘Sanctus.’ It’s a technically demanding tour-de-force and one Sheffield audiences have been waiting for, for over three years. The original cast from that delayed concert have reassembled and Sofi Jeannin will lead this star line-up, the Hallé and the massed voices of the Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and Leeds Festival Chorus in this powerful and deeply felt season finale.