An English Requiem | Classical review

Gloucester CathedralAs its title suggests, John Joubert's new choral work, the most substantial premiere at this year's Three Choirs festival, is unapologetically modelled on Brahms's German Requiem. It is similarly scored for soprano and baritone soloists, together with boys' and adult choirs and a large orchestra, and more significantly Joubert's English equivalent is also a meditation on death, rather than a setting of the requiem liturgy. The six movements are based on a collection of texts...

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