Verdi Requiem

Three hundred musicians unite for an unforgettable concert of a thrilling scale and intensity, performing one of the most powerful works ever written.

Drums thunder, trumpets blaze and a massed chorus cries out with breathtaking power.

Verdi’s Requiem is a setting of the Catholic funeral mass, but it is unlike any other sacred work. It is an epic drama that combines the theatrical brilliance of the grand master of Italian opera with music of profound beauty. From the explosive fury of the ‘Dies Irae’ to the luminous serenity of the ‘Lux aeterna’, this is an unforgettable emotional journey through judgement, death, heaven, hell and back again.

More than 150 years after its premiere, Verdi’s Requiem remains one of the most powerful works ever written for chorus and orchestra, capable of moving audiences as deeply today as it did at its first performance.

For this event, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra joins forces with Brighton Festival Chorus and Ealing Choral Society, alongside an outstanding cast of soloists conducted by James Morgan.

Whether you know Verdi’s Requiem well or are discovering it for the first time, prepare to be swept up as more than 300 musicians transform the Royal Festival Hall into a truly extraordinary musical experience.