Birmingham Bach Choir return to Bournville Parish Church this November for the first time in more than a decade.

Let There Be Light will see three classical works performed by the Choir, who will take over the historic venue on Sat 22 Nov.

At the heart of the concert is a performance of Sir John Rutter’s famed Requiem. Completed in 1985, and dedicated to the composer’s late father, Rutter’s Requiem consists of seven movements and is, for many, his masterpiece. Rutter’s work has become one of the best-loved and most widely performed choral works of the 20th century.

Accompanying the Requiem is a lesser-known work by Rutter, Hymn To The Creator of Light. Written in memory of composer Herbert Howells, who died in 1983, it was first performed at the 1992 dedication of the stained glass window made in Howells’ memory at Gloucester Cathedral. Brimming with a mystical intensity, its harmonies echo Howells’ own music.

The final work of the night is Laudes Organi (In Praise of the Organ), the last piece written by Zoltán Kodaly, in 1966 – the year before he died.

Discussing the concert, Birmingham Bach Choir’s Conductor and Music Director Paul Spicer, said: “Balancing these two beautiful Rutter pieces is an unusual work for choir and organ by the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodaly. Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists, it does, of course, feature a very colourful organ part while the choir sings a 12th-century Latin text which resembles a manual of organ instruction.

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