Durham University Chamber Choir: I Heard a Voice from Heaven

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Join Durham University Chamber Choir on a journey from prayer to deliverance, bringing together the stunning passion of Łukaszewski's Lamentations with Howells' awe-inspiring Requiem in the Chapter House of the Cathedral.

The Epiphany concert takes the listener on a journey from intense passion and lament with contemporary compositions by English, American and Polish composers.

The evening opens with the urgent tones of Pavel Łukaszewski's "Lamentations", a 3-part composition set to the texts of the Lamentations from the Bible. Łukaszewski contrasts moments of quiet with sharp, striking harmonies to enhance the emotional vigour of the Crucifixion. Joel Thompson's haunting "A Prayer for Deliverance" emerges in the wake of the Lamentations, but refocuses feelings of grief towards the coming of hope and salvation.

In its second half, the choir sings Howells' "Requiem", a unique but ever-powerful setting of the mass with interspersions of poignant psalms to enhance its message. The listener is left with the ethereal movement, "I Heard A Voice from Heaven" which transports the listener with its voice of beauty.

Durham University Chamber Choir are especially delighted to be welcoming Alumni of the Chamber Choir back to Durham University for this concert, joining together for a selection of the concert to celebrate 55 years of music-making.