TGIF, Apr 18, 5:30pm

For Good Friday, our own TGIF Choir brings us the Duruflé Requiem, described by the composer as translating human feelings in facing a terrifying destiny. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.

Program

Duruflé Requiem, TGIF Choir of First Presbyterian Church

Soloists: Nancy Maret, Nina Brown, Cheryl McCulla, Travis Bregier and Tim Willson

Of the Requiem, Durufle wrote:

“This Requiem is not an ethereal work which sings of detachment from earthly worries.  It reflects, in the immutable form of the Christian prayer, the agony of man faced with the mystery of his ultimate end. It is often dramatic, or filled with resignation, or hope or terror, just as the words of the Scripture themselves, which are used in the liturgy. It tends to translate human feelings before their terrifying, unexplainable of consoling destiny. In Paradisum [marks] the ultimate answer of Faith to all the questions by the flight of the soul to Paradise.”