Birmingham Festival Choral Society is pleased to present our recording of the beautiful ‘Cantique de Jean Racine’, by Gabriel Faure.

This composition won the 19 year old Faure first prize in a competition at his school of Church music in Paris, in 1865. The French text, “Verbe égal au Très-Haut” (Word, one with the Highest), was written by Jean Racine in 1688.

We hope that you will enjoy the Paris connection through images of the medieval stained glass in Sainte Chapelle.

This virtual performance was put together by Gareth Howell, using individual recordings sent from home by our singers. We look forward to a time when the pandemic is over and we can sing together in real life.

Wikipedia photo credits: Sam67Fr, Javi Masa, Oldmanisold, Grunt XIII.