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Matthew Coleridge

Music Workshops
Requiem

REQUIEM - choir & solo cello; organ and/or strings; plus optional percussion

"A valuable addition to 21st century choral music"

Sir Neville Marriner

A deeply moving work for choir and cello, with organ or strings. Its beautiful, flowing melodies are often monastic in flavour, but woven together to create rich and dazzling tapestries of harmony. Above the choral voices soars a lyrical part for solo cello.

Requiem is my most widely performed work, with increasingly regular performances in the UK, Europe and US.

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Requiem
Score info

Requiem score info

Scored for SATB choir with solo cello, and organ or string accompaniment
Soprano and (optional) baritone soloists
Optional percussion - timpani and tenor drum (1 player)
Optional string parts are for 1st & 2nd violin, viola, cello (in addition to solo part) and double bass
Duration: 30 minutes

Reviews

 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

 A most beautiful thing... I find myself entranced by the openness of this music    Paul Carr

 We were enthralled by the pure beauty of your Requiem    Jeanne Apsland, Buckfast Abbey 2019

 Finely crafted melodies and remarkable harmonies    Simon Dunbavand

 Mesmerising    Robin Stubbs

Videos

Requiem | full recording - RSVP Voices, Guy Johnston, Steven Farr

Requiem | Introit - RSVP Voices, Guy Johnston, Steven Farr

Requiem | Kyrie - RSVP Voices, Guy Johnston, Steven Farr

Requiem | Offertory - RSVP Voices, Guy Johnston, Steven Farr

Requiem | Pie Jesu - RSVP Voices, Guy Johnston, Steven Farr

Requiem | Rex Tremendae - RSVP Voices, Guy Johnston, Steven Farr

Requiem | Agnus Dei - RSVP Voices, Guy Johnston, Steven Farr

Requiem | Lacrimosa - RSVP Voices, Guy Johnston, Steven Farr

Choral workshops

Requiem in a Day workshops

Come and sing Matthew Coleridge's Requiem in some of the country's most inspiring cathedrals, abbeys and churches. All events are directed by the composer.

"Matthew Coleridge is a great force for good in the choral world" - Alexander Armstrong, Classic FM

Selby Abbey

Selby Abbey
April 22nd 2023

Join Selby Abbey Choir and 200 singers to perform Coleridge & Fauré Requiems in Yorkshire



Selby Abbey

Christchurch Priory
June 10th 2023

One of England's finest parish churches plays host to Requiem in a Day



Downside Abbey

Downside Abbey
Come and Sing Choral Evensong
July 8th 2023

Sing in Choral Evensong at Downside Abbey, featuring Matthew's Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis.



Shrewsbury Abbey

Shrewsbury Abbey
September 9th 2023

Come and sing in the historic abbey in one of England's finest medieval towns



Truro Cathedral

Truro Cathedral
September 23rd 2023

Experience the thrill of singing in one of England's most spectacular cathedrals



Kendal

Cumbria
September 30th 2023

workshop in the Lake District with Cumbria Festival Chorus



Tewkesbury Abbey

Tewkesbury Abbey
October 7th 2023

Come and sing Requiem in one of England's finest medieval church buildings