Verdi: Requiem - Arranged by Richard Blackford for two pianos, organ and percussion

Whitehall Choir & top soloists
Conductor: Joanna Tomlinson
Organ: Richard Moore
Piano: Ian Tindale and Michael Higgins
Percussion: Keith Price

Verdi’s setting of the Requiem (1874) is beloved for its intense emotion, operatic lines and utterly thrilling power. This new arrangement by Richard Blackford combines the huge range of colours available to the organ, along with the percussive drive of the piano, timpani and bass drum, and allows smaller choirs to give a more intimate but equally thrilling performance of this amazing work.

Whitehall Choir is joined by top soloists and players for a performance not to be missed!

Soprano - Anita Watson
Mezzo-soprano - Felicity Buckland
Tenor - Gareth Morris
Bass - Trevor Eliot Bowes

Whitehall Choir, under its dynamic Music Director Joanna Tomlinson, is one of London’s leading amateur choirs.

Joanna Tomlinson is also Principal Conductor of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain Girls’ Choir and Artistic Director of Constanza Chorus. Recent engagements include conducting Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony with the London Mozart Players.

Ian Tindale, accompanist of Whitehall Choir, is increasingly in demand as a song pianist and chamber musician. Recent engagements include song recitals across Europe and the UK, including performances at the Edinburgh International Festival and at London's Wigmore Hall, and Ian frequently appears as a member of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.