Holmes Chapel Singers
Registered Charity No. 700051
Registered Charity No. 700051
Misa Criolla
by
Ariel Ramirez
Requiem
by
Karl Jenkins
Holmes Chapel Singers
&
Orchestra
by
Ariel Ramirez
Requiem
by
Karl Jenkins
Holmes Chapel Singers
&
Orchestra
Although based on liturgical forms of the Christian church, each of these works brings us a new approach to the established format.
When Ramirez recorded his Creole Mass in 1964 in Buenos Aires no one could have foreseen its enormous success-selling more than three million copies. It is a striking combination of traditional Argentinian and Hispano-American rhythms.
Requiem, by Karl Jenkins, received its world premiere at Southwark Cathedral in London on 2 June, 2005 following on from the success of The Armed Man.
When Ramirez recorded his Creole Mass in 1964 in Buenos Aires no one could have foreseen its enormous success-
Requiem, by Karl Jenkins, received its world premiere at Southwark Cathedral in London on 2 June, 2005 following on from the success of The Armed Man.
In Requiem Jenkins interpolates the usual movements of the Requiem Mass with a series of haiku settings in Japanese, moving between the liturgical view of death and that observed in the natural world.
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