The Water Gap Singers invite choral music fans to a concert honoring the group’s founder and Director Emeritus, John Arnedt, who died in March 2021. The Singers will perform the concert setting of “Sine Nomine”, known to many under the title “For All the Saints”, with music scored by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Charles Villiers Stanford’s “Te Deum Laudamus” in B-flat.
The central work in this memorial concert is the “Requiem” by Gabriel Fauré, featuring solos by soprano Andrea Morokutti and baritone Jacob Hunt. While the piece retains the general structure of a Latin Mass, the composer intentionally avoided the bombast, brimstone and intimidation found in other Requiems, instead offering gentleness, compassion and hope to the mourner. This work is known for soaring passages sung by the high voices, and rich vocal harmonies throughout.