A Malvern-based singer will be performing Brahms Requiem at one of the county’s most iconic venues.
The concert will be a chance to remember lost loved ones and to pay tribute to those who cared for them.
Jonathan Brown will be the baritone soloist for a performance of the requiem in Worcester Cathedral on April 29, at 7.30pm.
He will join the Cathedral Chamber Choir and soprano soloist Sheila Davies and be accompanied by two grand pianos in the composer’s arrangement.
The performance will be conducted by Stephen Shellard, the choir’s director of music.
Jonathan has been Head of Music at Malvern College since 2014 and is well-known in the town for conducting the Malvern Festival Chorus.
His singing career started as a chorister at New College, Oxford and later took in full-time posts with Chichester and Winchester Cathedrals, singing with the BBC singers at the Proms and many professional engagements in the USA, Australia, Europe and the UK.
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In 2007, he conducted a memorial service on the Falklands for the 25th anniversary of the war in the presence of the late HM Queen, which was broadcast around the world by the BBC.
The performance takes as its theme Remembrance, Recovery and Hope, echoing the mood of the music, ending on a quiet optimistic note.
The concert will give those present a chance to remember those who suffered or lost loved-ones in recent years – in the pandemic or for other reasons - as well as those who cared for them.
Health workers and members of the other blue-light services will be represented in the audience.
Coming a week before the coronation, it also provides a fitting opportunity to remember the late Queen.
The concert will start with music by Schubert for piano duet and continue without interval, followed by drinks in the cloisters.
Tickets at £18 are still available from Worcester Cathedral website (Events) and Eventbrite.com.
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