Salisbury Musical Society will present a concert at Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday, March 21, featuring Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region, and Charles Villiers Stanford’s Songs of the Sea.
The programme has been described as one that “moves the heart and stirs the soul.”
SJ, the society’s publicity manager, said: “We know we are working on something special.”
Sarah Robson, an alto, said: “The pieces we are singing are beautiful and different, I especially like the Requiem as it is full of pathos and then it is extremely rousing.”
The performance will be directed by David Halls, Salisbury Cathedral’s director of music.
The concert features Vaughan Williams’ sweeping setting of Walt Whitman’s poetry and Stanford’s rousing sea songs.
Robin Wills, a tenor, said: “With a touch of salt spray and invisible pirate hats!”
Fellow tenor Roy Bexon said: “There’s something wonderfully British about it.
“You leave rehearsal humming — and possibly marching.”
SJ added: “Why hibernate through winter when you can step into light, hope, and glorious harmony?”
The concert will begin at 7.30pm, and tickets are available on the Salisbury Musical Society website.
