Eternal Light: A Requiem
Barnes Music Festival 2016 opens with compositions from Festival patrons Howard Goodall and Roxanna Panufnik.
Goodall’s Eternal Light is a modern day requiem composed in 2008 based on words from English poems of the last 500 years which reflect everlasting peace and light. It is sung by Fulham Camerata, a local choir which spans all age groups and diverse professional and ethnic backgrounds.
Panufnik’s The Audience composed in 2009 is a setting of ten poems by Wendy Cope about the kinds of people who attend classical concerts. Played by the renowned Tippett Quartet, the poems will be narrated by a local celebrity.