Matthew Coleridge

Requiem

Matthew Coleridge - Requiem

Matthew Coleridge’s REQUIEM has become one of the UK’s most popular new choral works. Hailed as a "modern choral classic" by Classic FM, it is a regular fixture in the top 100 of their annual Hall of Fame survey.

Intensely beautiful, deeply moving and irresistably singable, Requiem has captured the hearts of singers and audiences around the world.

Its flexible scoring - ranging from organ accompaniment to full symphony orchestra - make it an approachable and affordable repertoire choice for chamber choirs, choral societies, church choirs, school choirs and vocal consorts.

Reaches into the soul and lifts it skyward BBC Music Magazine

Vocal scores

Buy Requiem vocal scores

Requiem can be purchased, hired or download directly from the composer. UK choirs can hire vocal score sets from £2.50 per copy. For all hire enquiries, please email music@matthewcoleridge.com

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UK choirs can buy with bulk discounts and free shipping using the links below. European / North American choirs - please get in touch via email to arrange a bulk discount.

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REQUIEM

i. Introit
ii. Kyrie
iii. Offertory
iv. Pie Jesu
v. Rex Tremendae
vi. Agnus Dei
vii. Lacrimosa

Scored for SATB choir (with divisi) and solo cello, with organ accompaniment (plus optional percussion), soprano and baritone soli. Also available for organ and string ensemble, chamber orchestra or full symphonic orchestra.

Duration 30 minutes

Orchestral parts

You can purchase and download PDFs of the orchestral parts through the various options below. For hire sets, please email music@matthewcoleridge.com

For performances of the version for organ, solo cello and optional percussion - the organ part is included in the vocal score. Solo cello and percussion parts can be downloaded here: cello PDF | percussion PDF

String Quintet & Organ

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Instrumentation:

solo cello
string quintet
timpani & percussion (optional; 1 player)
organ

String Orchestra & Organ

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Instrumentation:

strings (minimum 2.2.2.2.1)
solo cello
timpani & percussion (1 player)
harp (optional)
organ

Chamber Orchestra & Organ

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Instrumentation:

flute
oboe
clarinet
bassoon
french horn
timpani
percussion
harp (optional)
organ
strings (minimum 2.2.2.2.1)
solo cello

Symphony Orchestra

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Instrumentation:

2 Flutes
2 oboes
2 clarinets
2 bassoons
4 horns in F
2 trumpets
3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass)
tuba
timpani
percussion (1-2 players)
harp
organ (optional)
strings
solo cello

Performances

Performances in 2026

March 7	Requiem in Day with Matthew Coleridge	Downing Place URC, Cambridge
March 21	Fakenham Choral Society	Fakenham Parish Church, dir. Mark Jones
March 21	Cheltenham Choral Society, dir. Thomas Mottershead	Cheltenham
March 28	Farnham and Bourne Choral Society, dir. Ben de Souza	Royal Military Chapel, Sandhusrt
March 28	Shrewsbury School Community Choir, dir. Richard Robbins	Shrewsbury School
March 28	Brampton Chamber Choir, dir. Simon Mortimer	Lanercost Priory, Cumbria
April 11	Devizes Chamber Choir, dir. Shaun Holley	Devizes, Wilts
April 18th	Salisbury Community Choir, dir. Brian Moles
April 30	Denstone College Choral Society and Chapel Choir, dir. Charlotte Dawson	Denstone College, Staffs
June 12	Fulltone Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, dir. Anthony Brown	Bath Abbey - tickets here
June 13	Requiem in a Day - Cranborne Choral	Cranborne, Kent
June 14	Fulltone Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, dir. Anthony Brown	Salisbury City Hall - tickets here
June 20	Cheltenham Choral Society, dir. Thomas Mottershead	St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
June 20	Requiem in a Day with Matthew Coleridge	University of Plymouth Choral Society
July 11	Altrincham Choral Society
October 10	Requiem in a Day with Matthew Coleridge	Bradford Chorale
October 25	The American Cathedral in Paris, dir. Matthew Coleridge

Performances in 2025

Feb 13 2025	King's School, Gloucester	Gloucester Cathedral
Feb 22	Norwich Music group
Mar 23	Marlborough College Choral Society, dir. Adam Meehan-Staines	Marlborough College Chapel
Apr 5	Minimus Vocal Ensemble	Poznan Fara
Apr 5	Walton Voices, dir. Johnny Kilhams	Walton on Thames
Apr 18	New Sussex Singers, dir. Sebastian Charlesworth
Apr 18	Newquay Singers, dir. Neil McClure	Portico of Ards
May 10	Requiem in a Day	Coventry Cathedral
June 21	Requiem in a Day	Wells Cathedral
July 19	Run by Singers, dir. Neil Ferris	Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden
July 19	Wymondham Choral Society, dir. Justin Bindley	Wymondham Abbey
Sept 4	Requiem in a Day	Brecon Cathedral
Sept 8	Coro Lux Nova, dir. Salvatore Spanedda	Festival Voci d'Europe, Sardinia
Sept 21	Requiem in a Day	St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Sept 28	Quire Voices, dir. Sean Bui	Windsor Festival
Oct 4	Requiem 10th Anniversary	Sherborne Abbey
Oct 18	Requiem in a Day	Southwell Minster
Oct 26	Trinity Church Choir, Boston, dir. Colin Lynch	Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 1	Bergen Cathedral Choir, dir. Kjettil Almenning	Bremnes Church at Bømlo
Nov 2	Bergen Cathedral Choir, dir. Kjettil Almenning	Bergen Cathedral
Nov 2	Koorhuys Project Choir	Sint-Jansbasliek, Laren, Netherlands
Nov 2	Trinity United Methodist Church Choir, dir. Linda Camillieri	Alexandria, Virginia USA
Nov 8	Veluwse Cantorij	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Nov 8	Choir of Permbroke College Cambridge, dir. Luke Fitzgerald	Pembroke College Cambridge
Nov 15	Requiem in a Day	Selby Abbey, Yorks
Nov 15	Doncaster Choral Society, dir. Matt Beckingham	Priory Place Methodist Church
Nov 15	Ealing Choral Society, dir. Peter Asprey	St Barnabas, Ealing
Nov 16	Salford Choral Society, dir. Tom Newall	RNCM
Nov 22	Reading Festival Chorus, dir. Greg Hallam	Wesley Church, Reading
Nov 23	St Nicolai Vocalis, dir. Christina Hedlund	St Nicolai Kyrka, Lidköping, Sweden
Nov 29	Hallam Choral Society, dir. Kate Thornton	St Mark's Church, Sheffield

Performances in 2024

January 13	Brockenhurst Choir	St Saviour's Church, Brockenhurst
February 10	Requiem in a Day	Wakefield Cathedral, Yorkshire
March 7	Godolphin & Latymer School Choirs	West London
March 10	University of Warwick Choir and Symphony Orchestra	Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre
March 17	Pro Nobis Singers	Kendal, Cumbria
March 22	Leweston School Schola Cantorum, Community Choir and Orchestra	Leweston School, Dorset
March 23	Wellington Choral Society	Wellington, Somerset
March 24	Come and Sing, Palm Sunday	Bradford Cathedral, Yorkshire
April 13	Southern Sinfonia	Taunton Minster, Somerset
April 20	Requiem in a Day	Great Malvern Priory, Worcs
May 11	Requiem in a Day	Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff
June 22	Requiem in a Day	Gloucester Cathedral
June 30	Requiem in a Day	Lancing College Chapel, W Sussex
July 13	Grange Choral Society	Christchurch Priory, Dorset
September 22	Omnium Ensemble	Merton College, Oxford	more info
September 28	Requiem in a Day	Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk	more info
October 19	Requiem in a Day	Beverley Minster, East Yorks	more info
October 27	Halmstads Oratoriekör & Stråkorkester	Halmstad, Sweden	more info
November 3	Christ Church Choir and Chamber Orchestra	Christ Church, Alexandra, Virginia, USA	more info
November 16	Ilkley & Otley Choral Societies	Otley Parish Church, North Yorks	more info
November 23	Harrogate Choral Society David Lawrence (conductor), National Festival Orchestra, Eleonore Cockerham [soprano]	St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate, North Yorks	more info
November	St John's, Vancouver
December 7	Leatherhead Choral Society, cond. Ian Assersohn	St Paul's Church, Dorking	more info

Reviews

Reaches into the soul and lifts it skyward BBC Music Magazine

What a revelation! Really very beautiful Alexander Armstrong, Classic FM

It's not often a new Requiem demands your attention, but this one certainly does Andrew Marr, Classic FM

As uplifting and glorious as anything I've ever sung performance at Selby Abbey, April 2023

Coleridge's music resembles the sea waves from the album's title photo. Sometimes it hugs you calmly and cradles you, other times it carries you deafeningly into the unknown. It is the prototype for sacred music of the 21st century Josef Horvat, Hudobny zivot magazine, Slovakia

A valuable addition to 21st century choral music Sir Neville Marriner

A work of exquisite beauty Music in Portsmouth

A glorious piece to sing... a lot of us were in tears by the end of it. Teresa Stubbs, Buckfast Abbey 2019

Choral workshops 2026

Come and sing with one of the UK's most exciting choral composers, Matthew Coleridge

A great force for good in the choral world - Alexander Armstrong, Classic FM