ORA Singers: Victoria Requiem
Tue 31 Mar
|St Columba's Church
The award-winning ORA Singers & Suzi Digby OBE perform Victoria's 'Requiem', the Renaissance masterpiece widely known as the Spanish composer's towering achievement before his death in 1611. Featuring the world premiere of works by Dobrinka Tabakova & Eoghan Desmond.
Time & Location
31 Mar 2026, 19:00 – 21:00
St Columba's Church, Pont St, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 0BD
About the event
The internationally-acclaimed ORA Singers perform Tomás Luis de Victoria's Requiem of 1605, one of the most powerful works ever written for voices. Composed for the funeral rites of Empress María of Austria, and later revised in dedication to her daughter, Margaret, Victoria’s final and most personal work is more than a Requiem - it’s a deeply human meditation on grief, hope, and peace. From hushed, candlelit textures to radiant waves of harmony, this is a work suspended in time: intimate, luminous, and transporting.
ORA Singers was born out of the belief that we are in a new golden age of choral music, the first being that of the renaissance. Celebrating their 10th Anniversary in 2026, ORA Singers are known across the world for their pioneering commissioning work; linking the music of the renaissance to the present day by working with some of the most exciting contemporary voices of our time.…
Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust.
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