The project
We opened Bold Tendencies' 2024 Communion programme alongside singers from Citizens of the World Choir, London Youth Choirs, London Gay Men's Chorus, London International Gospel Choir and The Bold Chorus, joining forces in a monumental celebration of song.
Featuring two world premieres — Songs of Communion by Kristina Arakelyan, a new commission setting texts by bell hooks and Langston Hughes for massed voices, and Festival Voices and Nico Bentley’s Mozart Requiem Remixed, a reimagining of Mozart’s choral masterpiece for choir, orchestra and electronics.
Programme
Kristina Arakelyan — Songs of Communion (world premiere)
Kristina Arakelyan — Ode to the World
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Requiem (electronic arr. Nico Bentley)
Programme also included individual performances by the guest choirs
Artists
Festival Voices
Ensemble FV Instrumentalists
Nico Bentley DJ and electronics
Citizens of the World Choir
London Youth Choirs
London Gay Men's Chorus
London International Gospel Choir
The Bold Chorus