two of the countys finest choirs cappella bangalore and the bangalore men take the stage once again as they on sunday september 11th will bring the bangaloreaudience one of the finest choral pieces from the french choral repertoire the requiem by gabriel faur composed between 1887 and 1890 the requiem is really a mass for hope peace and solace and not at all a bombastic depiction of death in its most brutal form says conductor jonas olsson faur has composed his work in a very ethereal manner giving us music that is melodious and soothing for both the ear and the soul apart from the requiem the choirs will also be performing two other pieces by faur cantique de jean racine sung in french in an arrangement for allmale voices and the messe basse a short composition for female voices accompanied by organ the choirs will be joined by wellknown pianist rebecca thomas colaco head of the piano department at the bangalore school of music as well as two soloists anisha chandy soprano and som mendegar baritone the bangalore men indias premier allmale voices ensemble was launched in january of 2016 and consists of 20 singers all with many years of previous experience singing in choirs the group focuses on western classical music from eras ranging from medieval music to contemporary since the start of the choir they have done more than 70 concerts all over the country in churches and cathedrals at ncpa mumbai and with the symphony orchestra of india the choir regularly gets invited to participate in various choral festivals and choral competitions both in india and abroad cappella bangalore founded in 2019 is an allfemale voices choir with 22 members all with previous experience of singing in choir and with high ambitions the seasons of 20202021 saw a number of virtual recitals published on youtube and the choir was together with the bangalore men one of the few choirs internationally that consistently kept virtual rehearsals throughout the peak of the pandemic in 2021 the choirs returned to the stage with the performance bangalore rhapsody performed at bangalore international centre with choral covers of music by beatles queen lloydwebber simon garfunkel and others