‘The human soul dreams of being cradled like a child’ — Fauré’s Requiem offers a radiant and tender vision of heaven, comforting audiences far beyond the composer’s original Parisian congregation.

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The Firelands Symphony Chorale, under the direction of Michael Shirtz, will present an uplifting and reflective choral concert featuring Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem alongside a collection of moving ...

Gabriel Faure`s uniquely conceived Requiem–a late 19th Century work that strives for and achieves a pre-Renaissance spiritual respose–demands a similarly unique performance. While there is no room for ...

Choral conductor David Willcocks and others reflect on the inspirational impact of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem. From September 2010. Show more "He wanted it to be something that's consoling and helpful.

The Music: Fauré noted that his requiem was ‘composed for nothing... for fun’. The loss of his parents may have conditioned his outlook while creating the score’s first version during 1887-88. But the ...

Gabriel Faure’s 1888 Requiem differs from most of its predecessors in at least two ways. First it omits the Dies Irae, a terrifying description of the Day of Judgment that is the centrepiece of the ...

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In his seven-section Requiem, the French composer Gabriel Fauré distilled some of the most beautiful melodies he ever composed. The creation was almost certainly a musical tribute to his father, who ...