A Requiem for Those Who Had NoneChurch of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
Saturday 5 April, 7:30pm From the 14th to 19th centuries, thousands of people all over Europe were sentenced to death for being in same-sex and queer relationships. This concert commemorates these martyrs of the LGBTQ+ community, telling their stories and remembering their lives. Within the stunning gothic setting of Farm Street Catholic church, the choir will perform a moving programme including Herbert Howell's Requiem, extracts of Alonso Lobo's Lamentations of Jeremiah and contemporary works by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, Gabriel Jackson and Jake Runestad. |
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Queer Cosmos
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Wigmore Hall
Friday 27 June, 10pm With CN Lester The ecstasy of mystical experience and its consummation in physical love, and the yearning desire for home, beauty and a world purged of hatred and greed, are among the themes of Queer Cosmos in this concert celebrating Pride in London with works that span nine centuries of human experience. |
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