All Saints, All Souls and Christ the King are all celebrated in this month, providing a veritable choral feast at the major London Catholic churches. Here I provide selected music lists for Westminster Cathedral and the London Oratory - I may broaden the list to include other churches, time permitting.
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Westminster Cathedral
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The Oratory
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All Saints –
Sunday 1 November
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10.30 am
Mozart Coronation
Mass
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11.00 am
Allegri Missa Vidi
turbam magnam
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All Souls –
Monday 2 November
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5.30 pm
Mozart Requiem
(accompaniment not listed)
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6.30pm
Mozart Requiem
(with orchestra)
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Remembrance Day –
Sunday 8 November
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10.30 am
Faure Requiem
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11.00 am
Victoria Requiem,
1605
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Requiem for deceased
Fathers and Brothers –
Friday 13 November
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n/a
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[6.00 pm – TBC]
Anerio Requiem
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Christus Rex –
Sunday 22 November
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10.30 am
Vierne Messe
solennelle
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11.00 am
Victoria Missa
Laetatus sum
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I wonder if Westminster Cathedral will be performing the Vierne Mass as originally scored for timbales and cuivres (or timpani and trumpets being near equivalents)? That would be splendid indeed!! (The full title of the Mass is Messe solennelle pour chœurs, cuivres, timbales et deux orgues op.16 en ut dièse mineur.) Here's a performance without the additional instruments.
I must say, there are many settings of the Requiem, quite fit for "modern" liturgical purposes (or able to be made fit e.g. by substituting chant for some of the polyphonic parts) that tend, for reasons unknown, to be neglected. For instance: settings by Morales, Guerrero, Lobo (Duarte), du Caurroy, Pizzetti, Lassus and Clemens non Papa all spring to mind.
I must say, there are many settings of the Requiem, quite fit for "modern" liturgical purposes (or able to be made fit e.g. by substituting chant for some of the polyphonic parts) that tend, for reasons unknown, to be neglected. For instance: settings by Morales, Guerrero, Lobo (Duarte), du Caurroy, Pizzetti, Lassus and Clemens non Papa all spring to mind.
Morales
Guerrero
Du Caurroy
Lassus
