An English Requiem

For Soprano and Barintone soloists, SATB and junior chorus and Orchestra.

English text selected by Nicholas Fisher from the New Revised Standard Version of the Old and New Testaments.

John Joubert's An English Requiem was commissioned by the Grimmitt Trust for the 2010 Gloucester Three Choirs Festival and was given its first performance at Gloucester Cathedral on 9th August 2010, with the Festival Choirs of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester, Carolyn Sampson (Soprano, Neal Davies (Baritone) and Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Adrian Partington.

<spanstyle='font-weight: bold;'>Instrumentation:
3 Flutes (III/Piccolo)
3 Oboes (III/Cor Anglais)
3 Clarinets (III/Bass Clarinet)
3 Bassoons (III/Contrabassoon)

4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets
3 Trombones
Tuba

Timpani

Percussion (2 Players);
Bass Drum, Tenor Drum, Side Drum, Cymbals, Tam-tam, Crotales, Triangle, Tubular Bells

Harp
Organ

Strings