For the first concert of our 2024 subscription season, The Giovanni Consort presents one of the gems of the Spanish Renaissance, the Requiem for Six Voices by Tomás Luis de Victoria - his Officium Defunctorum published in 1605.

This beautiful Mass for the Dead is Victoria's last composition, written to farewell the Empress María of Austria. This concert will also include chants of the ancient funeral rite heard by mourners in the year 1603.

This unique presentation has been researched and assembled by new artistic director Nicholas Dinopoulos. 

This work will be performed on Friday 5th April, at Guildford Town Hall (97 James St, Guildford, 6055).