Summer 2027

Verdi, Messa da Requiem

Conductor: Neil Taylor

Soprano: Ella Taylor

Mezzo Soprano: Sarah Castle

Tenor: Iain Milne

Bass: Andrew Greenan

We're very excited to have been invited to join St George's Singers, Stockport for their 70th anniversary concert. This means that we will not be performing a concert at Keele chapel this summer. Instead, we're going to Manchester Cathedral for this wonderful work. But don't worry if you can't get to Manchester as we will be performing an lovely set of music in Hanley at the Victoria Hall on the 17th July, as part of the lunchtime Organ Prom. More information about that soon!

NB Booking for the concert in Manchester is not available via our usual website booking.

Read what St George's Singers say below:

Our anniversary season comes to a thrilling close with one of the greatest and most dramatic choral works: Guiseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem.

Composed by Verdi as a memorial to Italian poet, philosopher and novelist Alessandro Manzoni, champion of the Risorgimento (Italian unification), the work was premiered in San Marco Church in Milan on 22 May 1874, and received massive public acclaim. Often described as Verdi’s greatest opera, the Requiem is certainly theatrical, with virtuoso solos, waves of sound from orchestra and chorus, the terrifying depiction of the Day of Judgment, concluding with the hopeful prayers of the Libera Me.

Verdi insisted that the work should be performed in a large space, preferably a church. Manchester Cathedral offers the ideal setting in which to hear and feel the power of this awe-inspiring work.

We’re delighted to be joined in our special anniversary concert by Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra, regarded as one of the best amateur orchestras in the country, members of Keele Bach Choir, and a truly exciting quartet of soloists.

Tickets £20 full, £12 students/children