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In the first of a series of short films about the composition of his ‘Requiem’ (1985), John Rutter discusses the personal and musical impetuses which drove him to begin working on the piece: the death of his father, and an encounter with the original manuscript of Fauré’s setting of the Requiem Mass in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
6th July, 2013, 10:00am
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27th July, 2013, 10:30am
19th April, 2013
Tune in to The Choir on Radio 3 on Sunday at 5pm to hear a 90 minute programme John’s made about Cambridge Choirs, celebrating the diversity of choral music-making taking place in and around the City. Continue reading
