‘Patience’ is a hit Victorian comic opera written in 1881 by Gilbert and Sullivan as a satire on the Aesthetic Movement of 1870's Britain which believed in 'Art for Art's Sake' – in other words that aesthetic considerations outweighed social or moral themes in art and literature. The opera is about the rivalry between two aesthetic poets (Bunthorne and Grosvenor) for the love of a milkmaid (Patience).

The Occam Singers, the New London Sinfonia and soloists from the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company - directed by David Gibson.

Mozart started writing his deeply emotional Requiem in late 1791, aged just 35. It is said that while composing it he shared a premonition with his wife, Constanze, that he himself would soon die. Sadly, Mozart’s vision proved correct because his Requiem was to be his last work; he died before finishing it. A friend, Süssmayr, completed it the following year at Constanze’s request.

Janet Wheeler’s piece "I Sing and Ever Shall" was commissioned by Southampton Philharmonic and David Gibson in 2016 especially to be paired with Mozart’s Requiem. The work celebrates the wonderful power and joy of singing.