You experienced my single greatest fear as a father find the strength to go on, from wherever, for your other loved ones, including yourself as I'm sure your son would have wanted. I doubt I could. Wish you all the best/strength
I first sang this when I was 18. I fell in love with it and have loved it ever since. I’m 71 now and I just lost a dear friend. I’m listening to it for him.
La vie m a arraché mon petit garçon. Il est décédé dans mes bras, j avais 25 ans. J'ai 72ans. Il m'a toujours habité, je sais qu on se retrouvera. La veille de son départ, il m'a fait des sourires.... je crois, qu il me disait que sa courte vie s arrêtait. Ç était un ange, venu peu sur terre. Je sais que les anges nous protègent. Mon petit Amour, je revois tes immenses yeux me fixer. Écoute avec moi ce requiem ❤❤❤❤
@@Marie-pk1uh Je sais que c'est très difficile a une mère, parceque ma sœur avait le même douleur Après que son fils âgé 21 ans ,a passé au ciel Prie tout le temp pour sentir la présence du Christ et recevoir son soulagement divine de son paix intérieur.❤️🙏🇨🇦.
@@toufa89 Ce sont des larmes de sang,quand on perds son enfant. C'est une douleur brûlante qui ne se calme jamais. Je sais que les enfants qui partent au ciel, nous aide à "tenir debout". Votre sœur, est forte aussi. Merci à vous. ❤️
Mr. Shaw was a wizard. This is (still) not a professional choir or chorus. I am not on this recording, but I did get to perform it years later under him. This chorus is comprised of amateurs; teachers, waiters and waitresses, police officers. No "professional" singers. Mr. Shaw's belief was that if you are doing it for the money, then your heart is not behind the music. So we showed up every Monday for a three-hour rehearsal, and then all week during performance/recording weeks. My last year with them I used to drive from Nashville to Atlanta, do the rehearsal, and then drive home. It was a long day!... And I would not have missed a second! Mr. Shaw was an obviously brilliant orchestral conductor, but his attention to choral music, his love, was brilliant! He could take a group of roughly 225 people and get them to work as an instrument. He could make us shape phrases, as you can hear here, in ways that most conductors simply can't. What an experience and learning experience working with him.
Mr. Shaw taught us dynamics. 225 people can create one hell of a racket! But he taught us to use range. He taught us to sing almost imperceptively. And once you can do that, then your impact is incredible when you go full-throat.
That's so great that you had that experience, but I couldn't disagree more about professionals. Singers become professionals because they love what they do. And what better motivator to hone one's craft than a paycheck? Having sung in both professional and amateur choirs, I can tell you that the pros operate at a different quality level. That's not to say that some amateur choirs aren't excellent - many are.
I am a Methodist Choir kid whose voice changed in 6th grade and I was suddenly a Russin bass qith a very deep low D through with a high C in the staff before I had to change where the sound came from. So you mean that I would have had a chance to be in that choir. I have been listeing to this version since I was in my teens. So glad others had that experience!!! And thank you for loving music so much.
When I was seventeen, I heard the Sanctus from this recording, was completely enthralled! Since I found this complete work, I'm truly grateful. I think the proformance is second to none. There is spirit in the music .🎶
I have always loved Faure's Requiem. It is part of "soundtrack" of my life.I first heard this piece when I was no more than 3 years old. We lived in the housing projects in Chicago, but our little home was a haven of good music. My mother played a recording of this piece as she sewed up little Easter dresses for me and my sisters. Many years later as a cellist and music student, our orchestra and chorus at Roosevelt University performed this piece.
God bless all the people in our lives who shared their love and appreciation for beautiful, inspiring music with us. It has made all the difference in life for many of us. What a great gift it has been. It's part of what love looks like.
Yes, it is one of the most heavenly ( literally) Soprano lines in the music repertoire. Rare times when I wished I sang instead of directed or played the Organ for this beautiful music.
Years back, I discovered a vinyl record of this composition, and played it to my four-year-old son, who sat entranced. At 8, it was Bizet's Carmen. The energy of these classics is as timeless as a child's smile.
Meine *EMPFEHLUNG* der EQUALIZER *- Anpassung* *'Caruso'* Einstellung (classical modified) -10,8 dB (60Hz) -12,8 dB (230Hz) -15,0 dB (910Hz) -15,0 dB (4kHz) +15,0 dB (14kHz) Wie die *Restauration* immer besser wurde, sollte auch ihre *Wiedergabe* gepflegt sein. Die QualitätsKette ist so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied! Der Eintrag wurde ergänzt, weil es sehr unterschiedliche EQ gibt. Profis wissen das. Er bezieht sich hier allgemein auf eine *'Bass Booster App'* 🎧 - ohne das Zuschalten des BASS BOOST. Die meisten gehen wohl heute mit Bluetooth in ihrem Endgerät/Handy richtig um ('Advanced settings' überprüfen, den BBoost selbst vorsichtig verwenden, falls man ihn nutzt). 'Compatibility Mode' der App und 'Sound Field *FLAT'* Ihrer Anlage; so wird die Auswirkung rasch klar: *beeindruckend brillant!*
*EQ-Regelung* hat *nichts* direkt mit Restauration zu tun. Sie wirkt eher wie eine Hör'Brille' und kann bei alten Aufnahmen fast stets zu einem klareren Höreindruck der *Wiedergabe* führen. Das schöne ist, dass es ohne großen Aufwand erreicht wird! Es ist *NICHT LEICHT,* mit einem EQ merkliche Besserung der gesamten Klangqualität sehr alter Aufnahmen zu finden. Dazu gibt's *kein* Preset! Die meinerseits *hier* angegebene Einstellung hat hunderte Stunden kleiner Schritte der Verfeinerung erfordert (durch Abgleich vieler alter Aufnahmen von ECaruso, Orgel, Violine, Klavier usw. usw. - mit WFurtwängler, ATatum, KRichter, ACortot, etc. etc.), um alle 'Tests' zu bestehen. Insofern ist *nur* eine *GENAUESTE* ! Befolgung wirklich zielführend "in die 1. Reihe".
I doin exactly like you for my late dad. He wanted this to play at his ceremony, which I unfortunately discovered just after. All my condolences to you even if we dont know each other in real.
Me too, the In Paradisum movement is the best part of this requiem. I also really like the beginning part, the Sanctus part and the Agnus Dei Et Lux Aeterna part too.
Pitié TH-cam pas de publicité pour un tel chef d’oeuvre c’est vraiment de mauvais goût et un manque de respect pour le monde de la musique. Classique c’est ce requiem que j’ai choisi pour la .ort de mon frère et ce sera le mien 🙏
God bless you. I will offer Mass for your dad next Sunday. I hope to have the wherewithal and funds to have an EF Requium Mass when my time comes. In the meantime I am in rehearsal for Faure's Requiem at our Cathedral in November.
There is nothing like standing on the Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall for the first time, looking out at the house and about to perform a premier choral piece (Songs of the Slave in 2016). It was such an emotional experience for the 200 member choir. I'll never forget it!
I performed with Westminster Choir and NY Phil in 1987 or 1988 at Avery Fischer Music Hall. Arlene Auge was the soprano. Just loved her voice in the Pie. Love the elegant writing of Faure that transcends this material world.
@@danramos5568 I had that same feeling back in high school. They did this concert with youth choirs/orchestra and my orchestra was invited. We went and played the Grieg Symphonic Dances no 1 among other pieces, but that one sticks out the most to me since it was so beautiful. I'll never forget how it was to be in Carnegie Hall. It was like a dream. I remember at the stage rehearsal it was so empty and big. I felt so tiny, but not in a bad way. It felt good.
Want a real bout with depression; listen to Billie Holiday's Stormy Sunday the Hungarian suicide song-no-best yet DON'T. There are records of people killing themselves over this song. It was even banned in Hungary for a time.
When my mum died in the early hours of the morning, my sister, who was alone in the house, played Faure's requiem over and over again, with volume turned up. It is a therefore a very special and deeply personal piece of music for her. I didn't know it at all and she took me to a performance in January this year, when life was relatively more carefree. I have come to love it too, and listen to it frequently, almost daily. It moves me to tears, is beautiful, emotional, uplifting and a balm to the soul.
Although I am stubbornly Roman Catholic, and love the Latin language to the point of praying the Roman Breviary latine most every day......I have to acknowledge that Brahm's Deutsches Requiem is profoundly beautiful and inevitably moves me to tears. (Helps to understand German, of course---for which I am thankful for 9 months of otherwise fairly miserable life at Frankfurt a. M.'s Philosophische- und Theologisches Hochschul Sankt Georgen.)
Oh that is amazing. When my mother died Faure's Requiem was played as a tribute to her by a neighbour. I have not been able to listen to it at all but have just started listening to it. Strangely enough I have previously chosen Faure's Cantique to be my "piece" ... there are no coincidences. I hope not to break down during this!
@fionamacgillivray Your mum must have been an amazing woman. She was (and is) obviously very much loved; and it sounds like she was/is proud of you both.
There is no words to describe this gorgeous music and this recording is one of the best, indeed. But unfortunately there are no names of the soloists, the choir, the orchestra. (This happens very often) My husband and I are orchestra musicians and we had a opportunity to play the piece long ago. I played the solo violin and my husband (French horn) are facing each other which is a very rare occasion and we felt very strange. What I remember while I was playing is that how small I felt surrounded by this gigantic music. It is one of the highlight of my career. Thank you for posting.
Mari, there are in fact names given in the video description (composer, orchestra, conductor...) - maybe that's a recent edit and they weren't there when you posted?
@@margaretlavender9647 Berlioz's Requiem is also very good. It is more powerful though. Berlioz did a lot to depict God's power. It ends w/a 6 fold Amen.
How wonderful an experience. I sang it with Westminster Choir and New York Phil at Lincoln Center. Magical and so uplifting as I’m sure it was at such a wonderful concert hall in Chicago!. Those are moments to treasure, aren’t they?
I like to play the Libera Me movement loudly in my car and sing along with it when I'm driving. I get a few strange looks from other drivers, but I love being surrounded by this great piece of music and my car has a great sound system.
This is one of the most beautiful requiem compositions i have ever heard. Around 15 yrs ago i used to sing in my Church choir and our music director of that time combined our choir with another local choir and we put on a concert in the Church i was attending at that time.we all worked very hard on our parts and it came together beautifully .A night i will always treasure in my life ❤
commercial interruptions which insult by addressing us with the slovenly attired man's "um-hum." A requiem or any sacred work should never be interrupted.
it is disrespectful that ads could be played during this piece. in additional to carl hall's recommendation, I also suggest ublock origin. thank you for the comment, robert.
Christopher McDonald That’s why we have eternity - to experience the beauty of the arts, to learn the math and chemistry and physics of this awesome universe, to meet people we won’t be able to meet in this lifetime, to love and be loved with a love unending because we are in the Presence of the One who loved us and gave himself for us. Have hope that God can rescue from death and bring you into His eternal life. Praised be to God for His marvelous love!
My brother Michel Legrand Directed this requiem when our father's died in the church in paris . all the choirist where cryng this was a total change in my life , the beauty of those pages in undescripabel
I can’t believe no one has reacted to u saying ur Michel Legrand’s brother 😭🤯 I’m currently writing a project on his scores for Demy and Godard. Outstanding musician ❤️ his music will live on just like Fauré’s
@@olliemartinelli4034 Had the jazz trio at The London Chop House in downtown Detroit play "What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life" in 1983. We'd just gotten engaged. We started dancing as the piano and snare drum-washing along, opened eternity. Within 30 seconds the dance floor was packed. The couple next to us comp-ed our dinner. 41 years ago. She's ruined by Parkinson's D. now but our home is filled with grace and happiness as the next door grandkids come over 2X/day.
My dear friend ,soulmate , Companion , confidante, and wife passed away last week My heart is broken . She was the essence of compassion and tolerance ,she was 21 years my senior yet looked 21 years younger , Maria took me into her life and made me become a better man I was lost she found me I was loud she gave me the gift of silence I was a broken and rejected and she healed and accepted me Her eyes wen I first seen her 20 years ago looked amazing but deeply sad I was her friend and carer because she was worn down by anxiety ,, I became her champion to protect her and renew her strength Yet strangely it was the other way round Her character was beyond beauty , Now my Maria after the greatest Christmas ever ,fell ill with the dreaded covid She passed away and her hubby is left in a sea of bitter sweet symphony, This piece of majestic music came on TH-cam feed as I was going into the valley of tears And her third name was Gabriel Yet strangely she's returned to me in the mood of the kiss of spring , Maria my Queen forever
I found this music when I was going through a dreadful spiritual crisis. How I wept and found a deep interior spark of holy recognition of beauty, truth, goodness in a very broken heart! I still feel a deep sense of love well up in me when I listen - and sing along to this heavenly and angelic music.
Patrick O'Connor: St. Augustine "De Trinitate" book X, chapter 8. Know yourself. Look inside. Introspection. God is more intimate to man than man himself. Greetings from Italy. th-cam.com/video/NNRwfhGvRvs/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/d9EN27Zh_vg/w-d-xo.html
When 9/11 happened, I was finishing my senior thesis. I watched the news with all of my dorm-mates. I had friends in Brooklyn at the time, and while it seemed unlikely they were harmed, the extent of the damage was not really known on the West Coast. We didn't know what would come next. After a while, we slowly dispersed. Classes were canceled. I went to my room and I put this on, and I turned the volume up, letting the music float across the oak grove and down the West lawn of the campus, to the tennis courts. Nobody complained. This beautiful composition shall always be how I remember that day.
Like many others I've been fortunate enough to perform this incredible piece. I haven't listened to it in over two decades and could still sing my parts today. It is simply the most beautiful thing (musically) that I was ever a part of and listening to it brings back wonderful memories.
One of the most profoundly moving pieces of music. Faure blended the stark simplicity of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass with lush melodies and ethereal harmonies that capture the emotions latent in the text. The closing In Paradisum is indescribable in words. Probably the closest I'm going ti get to "Sacred" this side of the veil. Wonderful performance by Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony and Chorua. +
I keep coming back to this....turn the lights out close my eyes and take it in. I sang this in a local symphony chorus and I think that experience changes how you hear and feel the music. What a gift.
I was thinking the same thing - that's my absolute favorite part! I remember I had the opportunity to sing this under the direction of John Rutter at Carnegie Hall in New York City about a decade ago...and when it reached that exact apex, I could barely get the notes out; the power of the music, the historical surroundings...it all just was too much to handle almost! I will love this piece of music for as long as I live.
One of my French colleagues had lost his mother when he was a teenager, and he always preferred this requiem to Mozart's masterpiece. I thought it was chauvinism, but it wasn't until much later that I realized how wrong I was... Faure's work plays heaven on the strings of our soul.
The Lux Aeternum at 23:55 evokes all those memories of loved ones lost. Poignant and deeply moving and after granting them eternal rest the orchestral ending is like the sunshine bursting in on a grey dismal day... It brings me to tears everytime. Just a beautiful recording.
I sang this a fair number of years after my father died. After our dress rehearsal, I folded up crying: this Mass - in particular In Paradisum - was for him. Mom was in the audience and agreed. When she died years later, I listened to a recording of it for them both. Every year, on their shared death anniversary, two Protestants have a Requiem played in their memory.
I listen to the classical station a lot, and every so often I hear something so beautiful I have to look it up when I get home. This is one of those pieces; absolutely transcendent. Hope to see it live someday.
More than 60 years ago, mr. McDonald headed my junior high school choir. He managed to lead a group of 8th and 9 th graders in singIng this requiem. and I still remember every word, thrill to every note and have a pit in my stomach just listening. What celestial music. And what a fabulous teacher and role model for much of life. Wow!
However that school performance fared, I love your tribute to your music teacher. I hope he inspired a continuing love of and participation in making music.
So majestic-- Our Lord rides into Jerusalem ✝️ Hosanna in excelsis 🌴 then we plead with Him, "Pie, Jesu-- Pity, Lord, Your sinful children." And He Does. Suffers, prays for us, intercedes for us before His Father, Our Father... gives up His Life on The Cross, establishing The New Covenant forever. Rises on the third day. Heaven is opened again. Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Amen 👑✝️🕊️ To my ear and heart, this-- Faure's Requiem-- is the most beautiful Requiem ever written; beautiful, powerful, and poignantly evocative of basic tenets of our faith, life and death, of Our Creator, Our Savior, His Son, and His Sacrifice of Love for us. Thank you for posting this, the best and finest performance of this that i have ever heard.
I love this requiem. There is definately something about a mass of voices singing harmoniously that can help transcend all the problems that life dishes out.
I played 23:56 on ward for my father in laws funeral slide show. Started with date and with fade out to picture of him. There wasn't a dry eyes in the service. It gave me chills on how emotionally charged it was with this snippet. I also took a clip Mary Pickford's 'Sparrow" the part where Christ takes the baby to heaven. Digitally took a vid clip i have from him on family tapes and made it look like Christ was leading him to Paradise. I can't bare to watch that presentation that I made with out getting choked up.
Whoever recorded this with so much love for what he recorded deserves the most kind and generous compliments! No one but a genius can record something in such a mysterious, religious, musical way without having a desperate passion for recording beautiful music. Many, many thanks, i discovered this masterpiece on youtube only almost a year ago, it's addictive although it's a requiem, nothing to be happy about but when I'm dead and about to be buried, people don't have to say a word, just play this on a million dollar PA, loud! (but not too loud..). And just in case one might forget the minor details, the PA has to be able to reproduce some sub 27Hz tones in a decent way, hence the price. This piece of music, death song from heaven gives energy and hope, incomprehensibly good! Thanks!
The Libera Me always gives me chills. This requiem was the first work that I performed outside of a school setting and I have now had the opportunity to perform it a few times. Every time I sing this work it's always new, beautiful, and tragic experience.
This Requiem is serene and peaceful. And I have heard it many times over the years. The most moving part is the Sanctus--such beautiful and ethereal sounds. The sounds of angel wings bringing the soul to Heaven. My very closest friend just passed away a few days ago. I am not an emotional person. But when I heard the Sanctus, tears welled up in my eyes and I cried a bit. I, a grown man, but that is quite o.k. these days. I did not know how sad I was and how much I missed David, he having died after a very long illness, until I heard this passage. RIP my beloved friend.
I wish I could cry. You feel way better after. I don't know what's the deal. Many times I've felt like it but nothing happens. It's strange and not normal. Its good you can do that.
My deepest condolences to you on the loss of your dear friend David. My brother was also named David, and he took his own life in our Mother’s driveway. Sanjosemike
It's amazing the power of music and the power of well written music such as this. I know what you mean about reminiscing about people that have passed on. All of my grandparent are all gone, so listing to this gets me a little choked up inside thinking of them and wondering if their in a place as beautiful as this music sounds.
One day after the fire that changed the world- the devastating fire at the Cathedral de Notre-Dame-this heavenly, beautiful performance seemed right to listen to.
Notre -Dame is French, but it is also a thing of beauty that belongs to the world. I hope that one day this music will be played again on the great organ
My family and I heard a performance of this sublime piece in Notre Dame Cathedral in March of 2003 at a Concert for Peace during the invasion of Iraq. We also attended a Friday Lenten Mass when the Crown of Thorns was displayed and we kissed it in homage to our Savior’s sacrifice for humanity. This Requiem is a glimpse of what awaits in eternity.
++Fred Spicer I envy you. My own choir gave several performances of it two season ago so I don't suppose it will be sung again for years. I certainly never had enough of it. For me the loveliest and most intensely moving music of all that I've sung. I would so love to be doing it again.
Je dédie cette pure Merveille à tous les êtres miséreux qui, au cours de notre Histoire, sont morts dans un absolu anonymat, sans sépulture, et totalement oubliés.
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Magnifique message. J'ajouterai que tout est question de temps. Nous sommes tous anonymes. Mais votre dédicace est bouleversante.
Ceci n'est pas un message chrétien, mais Rousseauiste. La société corrompt l'homme, si ce n'est le détruis, et Dieu n'existe pas. Votre message n'est pas merveilleux, mais un appel au nihilisme, sans espoir, sans rédemption, sans possibilité de sauver son âme. Vous omettez complétement le fait que ce n'est pas la souffrance qui fait partie de ce monde, mais nous sommes souffrance. Notre capacité à y faire face et à la surmonter est le propre de l'homme. Dans votre diatribe, vous omettez tous les progrès qui ont été fait. Le progrès n’est pas votre crédo, mais la souffrance des autres, pour gagner du pouvoir, ou votre propre souffrance et de voir le monde bruler en dédommagement de celle-ci. Nous n’appartenons pas à la même civilisation et si vous êtes chrétiens à la même chrétienté.
I just listened to this magnificent requiem to refresh my memory as our chorus is singing it again after many years. At first, I concentrated on my alto part, but then I let the whole beautiful sound wash over me as I thought of this sad time when we couldn't sing due to the pandemic. It became a prayer for so many loved ones lost.. Now I'm singing it again and I rejoice.
Without a doubt--a divinely inspired work. I feel a tremendous sense of peace while I listen. May everyone's hearts, souls, spirits, and sacred body temples be filled with transforming peace, stillness, understanding, and wisdom. I also have known this work for many years, but its arresting majesty is...beyond words. Thank you, James, from my heart for uploading this work; by doing so you have bestowed a blessing upon our Earth simply by making it so accessible. I hope you are well and happy! God bless you, Ausma
When I had a secondhand bookshop and quietly played recorded music, this one of the favourites. It was a recording with the choir of Canterbury Cathedral and soloists and a woman customer suddenly said " Oh ,that`s my husband singing that solo"
I love this composition on so many levels….At age of 19, I was awarded a vocal performance scholarship after singing “Pie Jesus” and went on to obtain 3 music degrees( & now a nurse)…as the years have passed I’ve sung this Requiem(required memorized) with so many wonderful conductors and professional singers all over the USA…..I never tire of it …I travel down memory lane and remember that each performance was all so unique with each chorus/choral and conductor!
The pure simple compositions easily reveal the quality of the diction and polished & controlled sound! It’s easy to hide poor quality in difficult loud “splattered “ music! (Yes, a degree in conducting too😅)@@brianmcdonagh8477
I'm playing this for a family friend who passed away this morning. It's all I've requested to be played at my memorial service one day when I pass away. In Paradisum so reverential and peaceful.
It doesn't matter where you come from in life, what your pitfalls are, how much money you have or haven't got, your values or morals, this music hits home like a tidal wave from nowhere, God Bless you all, this is heavenly, and it is waiting for everyone, believe in Jesus and you will be saved
J'ai découvert cette oeuvre sur le tard par l'intermédiaire de la ligne rouge de terrence malick. In paradisium m'a subjugué . quelle grâce, quelle volupté . Des frissons de bonheur et d'allégresse à chaque écoute.
My sister and I sang In Paradisum at the funeral of a friend's grandfather years ago. The whole requiem has been one of my favorites ever since. It's a consolation and hope when someone I love dies.
My grandma (Irish with a Welsh mother 😉) trained to be an opera singer in her early life before she met my grandfather. Her singing partner went on to sing all over the world: Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall etc. She decided to become a mother and as kids she sang Pie Jesu to us. What could’ve been for her. I love this piece of music with all my soul. Every second, every note. Plus 30:18 and the brass at 30:30. ❤️
I lost my husband in January and I absolutely sobbed when I heard the Pie Jesu sung at a funeral last Saturday. The In Paradisum is Heavenly. Sublime. And I agree totally about the ads, but it appears that no one reads the comments.
Dear Vicki, I read your comment and felt your pain. We are out there,trying to ignore the ads. Take comfort in this beautiful rendition of Faure's work!
I was blessed with the chance to see this performed live a number of years ago with my wife. It was an experience i will never forget. The Calgary philharmonic orchestra did a phenomenal job. I've never quite had goosebumps again like i did that night. Time and time again i have to come back and re listen to this piece in a vein attempt to relive that evening. Requiems are timeless.
I have been in only one Gothic Cathedral in my life, In Prague. This music is precisely what it felt like to be in it. Transcendence made flesh (music and stone)!
I think this is Cologne Cathedral, I may be wrong. Magnificent. After what happened to Notre Dame I fear for all such buildings. This requiem is transcendental.
"Despite its centuries-old existence, classical music remains evergreen and continues to inspire future generations. It is an essential part of global culture and art."
was listening to radio while driving and I was given the gift of listening to this, just jumped at me. Wonderful blend of modern and classical, not an expert but I'm a music lover and it moved me lots
I dreamt last night 11.20.15 that I was taking my place again with my choir. All the women were dressed in long dresses of different colors and fabrics. I just feel the need for our world to learn harmony together. Too much hate and violence and poverty in our world today. All the violence of this month cries out for us to learn to sing together.
+Vara Sue Tamminga I agree. Of course, I do think we're slowly but surely achieving progress as a species. Just think of how much hate and violence and poverty there was in the Middle Ages, and the improvement is pretty clear.
David James The Crusades. The slave trade. The Holocaust. The conquest of Central America by Spain. Indentured servitude. 100 Years War. French Revolution. Penicillin. Civil rights. Gay rights. Women's rights. Inoculations. The UN.
+April Jones Progress... Gay rights? Here abortion and there in vitro?? ISIS/all and any rights and social benefits in Europe for Muslims vs abandonment of domestic victims and the poor??? Immunity for 1% and poverty and despair for at least 70%????? Lay off cliches, libertine indoctrination and generalizations, think Human, think Christian, think future, think the world. There is no other way.
This requiem is for Sus, who died protecting my life. He was a genius master of early automotive design and a member of royal navy special forces. He was a pure lay brother and Latarian. A member of a royal navy orchestra of mechanical engineers that took many losses in a tragic industrial accident in the 1910s. Despite his physical losses, Sus dedicated his heart to following the teachings of Saint Bruno. He was head and shoulders above us all. Always protecting us. And praying for us. Lord please give Sus angels wings, and also Sisters Teresa and Benoit, and Bruno the Lutheran who loved, cared for, blessed and buried them all. They were on earth my truest holy hospitaller, they built the first Armstrong Deasey ambulance maintaining it for their entire lives. They loved us all. Glory be to God. Amen.
I sang this with my choir back in the 1980's at Bolton Parish Church when i was a teenager. One of the most moving and memorable experiences of my life.
Having come to Faure's music at the age of 58 and only having known a handful of his music prior to this I have to say that I am totally captivated by his music and his manner of writing. Before I started to investigate his music and perform a series of interpretations with just piano and violin I had always found his music slightly difficult to listen to. Maybe it was because I was younger or just didn't give enough time to it, but how I missed out! His music is for music's sake and purely from the heart. Don't miss out on a wonderful experience. Open your ears, heart and mind and you will discover another world.
The Pie Jesu just wrecks me. My former voice teacher sang it when we performed it and she's an amazing coloratura. She sang it again at the memorial service of one of our choir members who had planned the whole service and asked her to sing it. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
I like very much this Requiem. It's different from others, this one pictures the beauty of Paradise more than the tragedy of death. It somehow takes out our fear, and make life seems less heavy too.
"See you tomorrow"...Its easy to overlook how precious those three words are. French composer Faure, wrote the Requiem after seeing the devastation and death of war. Today, I will be listening to the Requiem and thinking of all my french friends who lost their lives in #Nice.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We have a rehearsal performance of the Faure Requiem tonight (7/20/16) (it was scheduled long before the tragic events), and, by coincidence, I will visit Nice in October. I'm sure the Faure will come to mind then. It is a wonderful expression of reverence for the mystery of life.
I think you may be mistaken about the context of the Requiem. It was composed in a period of peace in Europe. Even so, it is a beautiful piece, and a beautiful way to remember those we've lost.
thomas rushton Im not in the least bit confused ..been it is a journey through this beautiful music ..and remembering those who we have loved who are no longer with us now ..Do remember that what you you see in this piece of music ..does not exactly mean we will all entirely see it through your eyes..thats the beauty of music its everyones choice to decide what they take from it ..not what they are supposed to take from it !
pour moi le Requiem de Faure c'est le lien qui me fait vivre depuis longtemps avec ma soeur partie trop tôt à 32 ans et , plus récemment avec ma fille Anaelle qui s'est éteinte a l'age de 22 ans,sans pouvoir me dire au revoir . faure a su ecrire le peu qui reste dans l'ame et dans le coeur des victimes que sont devenues sans rien demander un frère et un père. merci pour tant de beautés pierre paul deramond 7 12 2016
Very beautiful performance of the choir, and the soloist. very celestial sounds. really loved it. I sang parts of this requiem in 2003 at one of Hallel singing Saturdays(Hallel is a choirs organization of Israel) ---------------. It was a delightful experience.
Gracias a mi Padre fallecido hace dos años, conocí este Requiem hace más de 50 años, cuando aún era un niño. Hoy en Viernes Santo es especialmente maravilloso poder escucharlo. Muchas gracias!
I sang this in high school. It was seriously the most amazing thing ever! Then for my 19th birthday my best friend bought me the score. I've made it a point to go to performances of this for years because I can never get enough of it. Thanks for sharing!
Its' being performed this year on April 19, 2014 at 7:00 pm at Home Moravian Church by The Great Sabbath Choir. This is in Winston-Salem, NC. The top singers from the Southern Province of the Moravian Church doing it. Hope you are close by and can come worship with us.
My 25 year old son died a few years ago....when I hear this I picture him being carried away by the angels. Lord give me strength. 😔
My heart goes out to you, Cath4life...
Thats really tragic,,, my thoughts and prayers go out to your and your beloved son,,,
You experienced my single greatest fear as a father find the strength to go on, from wherever, for your other loved ones, including yourself as I'm sure your son would have wanted. I doubt I could. Wish you all the best/strength
❤️❤️❤️
May he Rest In Peace
I first sang this when I was 18. I fell in love with it and have loved it ever since. I’m 71 now and I just lost a dear friend. I’m listening to it for him.
18 was also my first time.
I'm sorry for your loss. May he rest in peace and happiness.
in Paradesum 'gets" me every time
May he rest in God's arms!
be assured that he will appreciate your love and effort.
La vie m a arraché mon petit garçon. Il est décédé dans mes bras, j avais 25 ans. J'ai 72ans. Il m'a toujours habité, je sais qu on se retrouvera. La veille de son départ, il m'a fait des sourires.... je crois, qu il me disait que sa courte vie s arrêtait. Ç était un ange, venu peu sur terre. Je sais que les anges nous protègent. Mon petit Amour, je revois tes immenses yeux me fixer. Écoute avec moi ce requiem ❤❤❤❤
Ne sois pas triste parceque tu sais qu'il est avec Jésus.❤
@@toufa89 Oui, je le sais. Merci de ce doux mot.
@@Marie-pk1uh
Je sais que c'est très difficile a une mère, parceque ma sœur avait le même douleur
Après que son fils âgé 21 ans ,a passé au ciel
Prie tout le temp pour sentir la présence du Christ et recevoir son soulagement divine de son paix intérieur.❤️🙏🇨🇦.
@@toufa89 Ce sont des larmes de sang,quand on perds son enfant. C'est une douleur brûlante qui ne se calme jamais. Je sais que les enfants qui partent au ciel, nous aide à "tenir debout". Votre sœur, est forte aussi. Merci à vous. ❤️
@@Marie-pk1uh
JE sais c'est pénible.❤️
Mr. Shaw was a wizard. This is (still) not a professional choir or chorus. I am not on this recording, but I did get to perform it years later under him. This chorus is comprised of amateurs; teachers, waiters and waitresses, police officers. No "professional" singers. Mr. Shaw's belief was that if you are doing it for the money, then your heart is not behind the music. So we showed up every Monday for a three-hour rehearsal, and then all week during performance/recording weeks. My last year with them I used to drive from Nashville to Atlanta, do the rehearsal, and then drive home. It was a long day!... And I would not have missed a second! Mr. Shaw was an obviously brilliant orchestral conductor, but his attention to choral music, his love, was brilliant! He could take a group of roughly 225 people and get them to work as an instrument. He could make us shape phrases, as you can hear here, in ways that most conductors simply can't. What an experience and learning experience working with him.
Mr. Shaw taught us dynamics. 225 people can create one hell of a racket! But he taught us to use range. He taught us to sing almost imperceptively. And once you can do that, then your impact is incredible when you go full-throat.
That's so great that you had that experience, but I couldn't disagree more about professionals. Singers become professionals because they love what they do. And what better motivator to hone one's craft than a paycheck? Having sung in both professional and amateur choirs, I can tell you that the pros operate at a different quality level. That's not to say that some amateur choirs aren't excellent - many are.
I am a Methodist Choir kid whose voice changed in 6th grade and I was suddenly a Russin bass qith a very deep low D through with a high C in the staff before I had to change where the sound came from. So you mean that I would have had a chance to be in that choir. I have been listeing to this version since I was in my teens. So glad others had that experience!!! And thank you for loving music so much.
When I was seventeen, I heard the Sanctus from this recording, was completely enthralled! Since I found this complete work, I'm truly grateful. I think the proformance is second to none. There is spirit in the music .🎶
My mom died on October 28th 2023. I've always liked this Requiem, and it helps me in this time of grief.
You are not alone x
I am so sorry for your loss.
Sending love and light to you from a snowy evening in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
I have always loved Faure's Requiem. It is part of "soundtrack" of my life.I first heard this piece when I was no more than 3 years old. We lived in the housing projects in Chicago, but our little home was a haven of good music. My mother played a recording of this piece as she sewed up little Easter dresses for me and my sisters. Many years later as a cellist and music student, our orchestra and chorus at Roosevelt University performed this piece.
God bless all the people in our lives who shared their love and appreciation for beautiful, inspiring music with us. It has made all the difference in life for many of us. What a great gift it has been. It's part of what love looks like.
Wow. Your mother created a pa- radeseum for you there! Such a precious childhood memory
Beautiful story...!
You are blessed
This composition has clearly had a marked effect on your life. Your duty now is to pass on the gift to your children.
Faure’s Requiem - the most beautiful soprano part I’ve ever sang. 25 years later and I still remember almost all of it note for note.
Heavenly!
Yes, it is one of the most heavenly ( literally) Soprano lines in the music repertoire. Rare times when I wished I sang instead of directed or played the Organ for this beautiful music.
Effectivement sublime. :)
Ca a dû être merveilleux pour vous d'être capable de chanter ça.
Paradise?
Same with the alto part 39 years later 😍
4악장은 비브라토 아닌가?
Years back, I discovered a vinyl record of this composition, and played it to my four-year-old son, who sat entranced. At 8, it was Bizet's Carmen. The energy of these classics is as timeless as a child's smile.
When he's 12, how about Gianni Schicchi?
Faure's Requiem breaks my heart and heals it again and again, every time I listen to it. Thank you for this music. It is timeless
Meine *EMPFEHLUNG* der
EQUALIZER *- Anpassung*
*'Caruso'* Einstellung
(classical modified)
-10,8 dB (60Hz)
-12,8 dB (230Hz)
-15,0 dB (910Hz)
-15,0 dB (4kHz)
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Wie die *Restauration* immer besser
wurde, sollte auch ihre *Wiedergabe*
gepflegt sein. Die QualitätsKette ist
so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied!
Der Eintrag wurde ergänzt, weil es sehr unterschiedliche EQ gibt. Profis wissen das. Er bezieht sich hier allgemein auf eine *'Bass Booster App'* 🎧 - ohne das Zuschalten des BASS BOOST. Die meisten gehen wohl heute mit Bluetooth in ihrem Endgerät/Handy richtig um ('Advanced settings' überprüfen, den BBoost selbst vorsichtig verwenden, falls man ihn nutzt).
'Compatibility Mode' der App und 'Sound Field *FLAT'* Ihrer Anlage; so wird die Auswirkung rasch klar: *beeindruckend brillant!*
*EQ-Regelung* hat *nichts* direkt mit Restauration zu tun. Sie wirkt eher wie eine Hör'Brille' und kann bei alten Aufnahmen fast stets zu einem klareren Höreindruck der *Wiedergabe* führen. Das schöne ist, dass es ohne großen Aufwand erreicht wird!
Es ist *NICHT LEICHT,* mit einem EQ merkliche Besserung der gesamten Klangqualität sehr alter Aufnahmen zu finden. Dazu gibt's *kein* Preset! Die meinerseits *hier* angegebene Einstellung hat hunderte Stunden kleiner Schritte der Verfeinerung erfordert (durch Abgleich vieler alter Aufnahmen von ECaruso, Orgel, Violine, Klavier usw. usw. - mit WFurtwängler, ATatum, KRichter, ACortot, etc. etc.), um alle 'Tests' zu bestehen. Insofern ist *nur* eine *GENAUESTE* ! Befolgung wirklich zielführend "in die 1. Reihe".
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Listening to this gorgeous music and singing along for my sister who died yesterday. I love this requiem especially for the "In paradisium".
I doin exactly like you for my late dad.
He wanted this to play at his ceremony, which I unfortunately discovered just after.
All my condolences to you even if we dont know each other in real.
She is In paradisium 🕊
Me too, the In Paradisum movement is the best part of this requiem. I also really like the beginning part, the Sanctus part and the Agnus Dei Et Lux Aeterna part too.
Pitié TH-cam pas de publicité pour un tel chef d’oeuvre c’est vraiment de mauvais goût et un manque de respect pour le monde de la musique. Classique c’est ce requiem que j’ai choisi pour la .ort de mon frère et ce sera le mien 🙏
So sorry for your loss. We had In Paradisum played at my mother’s funeral x
Dad, we played Agnus Dei and In Paradisum at your funeral. You always loved this. I miss you so much. Sleep easy, Dad xxxx
May your dad rest in peace.
God bless you. I will offer Mass for your dad next Sunday. I hope to have the wherewithal and funds to have an EF Requium Mass when my time comes. In the meantime I am in rehearsal for Faure's Requiem at our Cathedral in November.
This was the first piece of choral music I ever learned how to sing.
May your dad rest in peace, may light perpetual shine upon him.
@@kimmorris6001 this was your first piece? Wow, you really are a glutton for punishment.
@@rodrigosierpe5995 It was. And I get all teary eyed every time I hear it, and have to sing along.
I performed this set at Carnegie Hall with about 200 other people in May of 2016 an it was the greatest performance o my life.
Anthony Whitman I was there too. Singing tenor as part of our french choir.
There is nothing like standing on the Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall for the first time, looking out at the house and about to perform a premier choral piece (Songs of the Slave in 2016). It was such an emotional experience for the 200 member choir. I'll never forget it!
I performed with Westminster Choir and NY Phil in 1987 or 1988 at Avery Fischer Music Hall. Arlene Auge was the soprano. Just loved her voice in the Pie. Love the elegant writing of Faure that transcends this material world.
@@danramos5568 I had that same feeling back in high school. They did this concert with youth choirs/orchestra and my orchestra was invited. We went and played the Grieg Symphonic Dances no 1 among other pieces, but that one sticks out the most to me since it was so beautiful. I'll never forget how it was to be in Carnegie Hall. It was like a dream. I remember at the stage rehearsal it was so empty and big. I felt so tiny, but not in a bad way. It felt good.
I got to be the baritone soloist for this piece at Carnegie!
I always come to Faure's Requiem when I am feeling sad or stressed. It lifts my spirits as nothing else can
Then there are those that listen to Billie Eiliish and get even more depressed.
Want a real bout with depression; listen to Billie Holiday's Stormy Sunday the Hungarian suicide song-no-best yet DON'T. There are records of people killing themselves over this song. It was even banned in Hungary for a time.
I listen to it for the people of Eritrea,Sudan, Burma, Ukraine and other conflict places. It calms me and lifts my spirit.
@@Neilsowards Please add Syria to your list, the forgotten war.
@@catholiccrusader5328 I thought the title of the Billie Holiday song was "Sad Sunday."
Yesterday died my father. Today I wanted to listen this requiem.
Your message brought tears to my eyes.
🙏❤️
I will pray for him
tomorrow we will start caring about it
My condolences.
What a beautiful work.
At 70, I have been blessed to sing this through the years, solos and also direct.
The depth of this requiem is immeasurable,and unimaginable
When my mum died in the early hours of the morning, my sister, who was alone in the house, played Faure's requiem over and over again, with volume turned up. It is a therefore a very special and deeply personal piece of music for her. I didn't know it at all and she took me to a performance in January this year, when life was relatively more carefree. I have come to love it too, and listen to it frequently, almost daily. It moves me to tears, is beautiful, emotional, uplifting and a balm to the soul.
Although I am stubbornly Roman Catholic, and love the Latin language to the point of praying the Roman Breviary latine most every day......I have to acknowledge that Brahm's Deutsches Requiem is profoundly beautiful and inevitably moves me to tears. (Helps to understand German, of course---for which I am thankful for 9 months of otherwise fairly miserable life at Frankfurt a. M.'s Philosophische- und Theologisches Hochschul Sankt Georgen.)
Oh that is amazing. When my mother died Faure's Requiem was played as a tribute to her by a neighbour. I have not been able to listen to it at all but have just started listening to it. Strangely enough I have previously chosen Faure's Cantique to be my "piece" ... there are no coincidences. I hope not to break down during this!
@ Fiona MacGillivray: My thoughts and prayers are with you. May she find rest and eternal life.
@fionamacgillivray Your mum must have been an amazing woman. She was (and is) obviously very much loved; and it sounds like she was/is proud of you both.
'Balm to the soul'. Beautifully put. So very true.
The most beautiful choral music ever written. We had In Paradisum played at my mother’s funeral
Good choice. I suspect there was a total awed silence.
Faure's Requiem, is so much more than just music. It rises into the sublime, far beyond words that humans could attempt to place.
There is no words to describe this gorgeous music and this recording is one of the best, indeed. But unfortunately there are no names of the soloists, the choir, the orchestra. (This happens very often) My husband and I are orchestra musicians and we had a opportunity to play the piece long ago. I played the solo violin and my husband (French horn) are facing each other which is a very rare occasion and we felt very strange. What I remember while I was playing is that how small I felt surrounded by this gigantic music. It is one of the highlight of my career. Thank you for posting.
Robert Shaw (Conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Orchestra), Judith Blegen (Soprano), James Morris (Baritone)
Mari, there are in fact names given in the video description (composer, orchestra, conductor...) - maybe that's a recent edit and they weren't there when you posted?
What a wonderful memory. I was fortunate to be in a choir which sang this . One of my most cherished of all my musical experiences.
This is the 1st anniversary of my mother 's passing and the sublime music of Faure has helped me through this painful day.
We had In Paradisum played at my mother’s funeral as the closing music.
I think about my Mom every day. My Dad and my Mom. Miss them always. Pictures of them hard to look at.
Omg mu Mother as well. It's a year and I think of her and my musician dad.
@@englishrose47 idem, my mother especially asked for it :)
then ... every time (like now ^^^) i cry :)
One of the most beautiful and divine Requiem. In our today's chaotic world, listening to it brings somehow peace to our souls.
I prefer Brahm’s Requiem because it’s not RC, but this I love second because it is utterly beautiful and I don’t know, or want to know, the words.
@@margaretlavender9647 Berlioz's Requiem is also very good. It is more powerful though. Berlioz did a lot to depict God's power. It ends w/a 6 fold Amen.
Brilliant
@@margaretlavender9647 Because it's not Roman Catholic.... Wow.
@@margaretlavender9647 Madame Beauty knows no religion, no border, no colour of skin!!!!
I sang this with our choir, at Chicago's Orchestra Hall! Most moving experience of my life.
How wonderful an experience. I sang it with Westminster Choir and New York Phil at Lincoln Center. Magical and so uplifting as I’m sure it was at such a wonderful concert hall in Chicago!. Those are moments to treasure, aren’t they?
What is the name of your choir?
I like to play the Libera Me movement loudly in my car and sing along with it when I'm driving. I get a few strange looks from other drivers, but I love being surrounded by this great piece of music and my car has a great sound system.
SingerGuy, me too.
My "look" would read "envy" and joy!!!
This is one of the most beautiful requiem compositions i have ever heard. Around 15 yrs ago i used to sing in my Church choir and our music director of that time combined our choir with another local choir and we put on a concert in the Church i was attending at that time.we all worked very hard on our parts and it came together beautifully .A night i will always treasure in my life ❤
I too sang soprano in Lutheran church KW. This music feeds my soul .
commercial interruptions which insult by addressing us with the slovenly attired man's "um-hum." A requiem or any sacred work should never be interrupted.
Get Adblock Plus. It's free and I never get commercials.
@@Carlos44 I just installed it. Thanks.
Can't do that for being sacred. But this is beautiful and serene and it should be respected for that.
TH-cam red....
it is disrespectful that ads could be played during this piece. in additional to carl hall's recommendation, I also suggest ublock origin. thank you for the comment, robert.
The tragedy is that one lifetime isn't enough to experience everything beautiful.
Christopher McDonald
That’s why we have eternity - to experience the beauty of the arts, to learn the math and chemistry and physics of this awesome universe, to meet people we won’t be able to meet in this lifetime, to love and be loved with a love unending because we are in the Presence of the One who loved us and gave himself for us. Have hope that God can rescue from death and bring you into His eternal life. Praised be to God for His marvelous love!
So profoundly true. Thank you for your insight.
Just do your best! If you love music you have been given that gift use it!
My brother Michel Legrand Directed this requiem when our father's died in the church in paris . all the choirist where cryng this was a total change in my life , the beauty of those pages in undescripabel
I can’t believe no one has reacted to u saying ur Michel Legrand’s brother 😭🤯 I’m currently writing a project on his scores for Demy and Godard. Outstanding musician ❤️ his music will live on just like Fauré’s
@@olliemartinelli4034 Had the jazz trio at The London Chop House in downtown Detroit play "What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life" in 1983. We'd just gotten engaged. We started dancing as the piano and snare drum-washing along, opened eternity. Within 30 seconds the dance floor was packed. The couple next to us comp-ed our dinner. 41 years ago. She's ruined by Parkinson's D. now but our home is filled with grace and happiness as the next door grandkids come over 2X/day.
My dear friend ,soulmate ,
Companion , confidante, and wife passed away last week
My heart is broken .
She was the essence of compassion and tolerance ,she was 21 years my senior yet looked 21 years younger ,
Maria took me into her life and made me become a better man
I was lost she found me
I was loud she gave me the gift of silence
I was a broken and rejected and she healed and accepted me
Her eyes wen I first seen her 20 years ago looked amazing but deeply sad
I was her friend and carer because she was worn down by anxiety ,,
I became her champion to protect her and renew her strength
Yet strangely it was the other way round
Her character was beyond beauty ,
Now my Maria after the greatest Christmas ever ,fell ill with the dreaded covid
She passed away and her hubby is left in a sea of bitter sweet symphony,
This piece of majestic music came on TH-cam feed as I was going into the valley of tears
And her third name was Gabriel
Yet strangely she's returned to me in the mood of the kiss of spring ,
Maria my Queen forever
I found this music when I was going through a dreadful spiritual crisis. How I wept and found a deep interior spark of holy recognition of beauty, truth, goodness in a very broken heart! I still feel a deep sense of love well up in me when I listen - and sing along to this heavenly and angelic music.
Patrick O'Connor:
St. Augustine "De Trinitate" book X, chapter 8.
Know yourself.
Look inside.
Introspection.
God is more intimate to man than man himself.
Greetings from Italy.
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Art has the power to transform us while lifting our spirits. How wonderful that you found Faure at a difficult time in your life. Peace and blessings.
When 9/11 happened, I was finishing my senior thesis. I watched the news with all of my dorm-mates. I had friends in Brooklyn at the time, and while it seemed unlikely they were harmed, the extent of the damage was not really known on the West Coast. We didn't know what would come next. After a while, we slowly dispersed. Classes were canceled. I went to my room and I put this on, and I turned the volume up, letting the music float across the oak grove and down the West lawn of the campus, to the tennis courts. Nobody complained. This beautiful composition shall always be how I remember that day.
An epic moment ...
u was like "yeah bro, everybody bro down bro"? 😅
For you it was the complicated truth of the day. Well done. Many people may have been blessed, even as they wept.
9/11/18 tomorrow.
Well it is a requiem mass, so it's very suitable for such an occasion.
Like many others I've been fortunate enough to perform this incredible piece. I haven't listened to it in over two decades and could still sing my parts today. It is simply the most beautiful thing (musically) that I was ever a part of and listening to it brings back wonderful memories.
Me too.
Me too!!!! I find myself singing to myself, unaccompanied, of course and maybe alittle off key,but Faure doesn't seem to mind!😉
One of the most profoundly moving pieces of music. Faure blended the stark simplicity of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass with lush melodies and ethereal harmonies that capture the emotions latent in the text. The closing In Paradisum is indescribable in words. Probably the closest I'm going ti get to "Sacred" this side of the veil. Wonderful performance by Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony and Chorua.
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Have you heard Tschaikovsky's hymn of the Cherubim? It's very powerful.
I keep coming back to this....turn the lights out close my eyes and take it in. I sang this in a local symphony chorus and I think that experience changes how you hear and feel the music. What a gift.
At my dear Mum’s funeral service a few years ago now, In Paradisum was played as her coffin was taken away. Angels took her to heaven.xx
24:01 -- To me, one of the most gorgeous shifts in all of the choral repertoire. I just died and went to heaven... Oh wait, that's the point ;-)
I was thinking the same thing - that's my absolute favorite part! I remember I had the opportunity to sing this under the direction of John Rutter at Carnegie Hall in New York City about a decade ago...and when it reached that exact apex, I could barely get the notes out; the power of the music, the historical surroundings...it all just was too much to handle almost! I will love this piece of music for as long as I live.
Agree
Agreed. It's one of the first reasons I fell in love with this piece!
Yes you are so right. These people who are able to write such music must be inspired by heaven. I have no other explanation.
Also the reply at 25:10 so many....The kind of music where the bass content (😊) makes perfect sense All of the time.
One of my French colleagues had lost his mother when he was a teenager, and he always preferred this requiem to Mozart's masterpiece. I thought it was chauvinism, but it wasn't until much later that I realized how wrong I was... Faure's work plays heaven on the strings of our soul.
'Heaven on the strings of our soul.' Love this.
The Lux Aeternum at 23:55 evokes all those memories of loved ones lost. Poignant and deeply moving and after granting them eternal rest the orchestral ending is like the sunshine bursting in on a grey dismal day... It brings me to tears everytime. Just a beautiful recording.
I sang this a fair number of years after my father died. After our dress rehearsal, I folded up crying: this Mass - in particular In Paradisum - was for him.
Mom was in the audience and agreed. When she died years later, I listened to a recording of it for them both.
Every year, on their shared death anniversary, two Protestants have a Requiem played in their memory.
This breathtaking piece and all of these beautiful, sad, comments are bringing me to tears. This is the music that touches your soul...
I listen to the classical station a lot, and every so often I hear something so beautiful I have to look it up when I get home. This is one of those pieces; absolutely transcendent. Hope to see it live someday.
One of the most beautiful requiem without any doubt.
I agree, it is, especially the Sanctus, Agnus Dei Et Lux Aeterna and the final In Paradisum.
More than 60 years ago, mr. McDonald headed my junior high school choir. He managed to lead a group of 8th and 9 th graders in singIng this requiem. and I still remember every word, thrill to every note and have a pit in my stomach just listening. What celestial music. And what a fabulous teacher and role model for much of life. Wow!
However that school performance fared, I love your tribute to your music teacher.
I hope he inspired a continuing love of and participation in making music.
So majestic-- Our Lord rides into Jerusalem ✝️ Hosanna in excelsis 🌴 then we plead with Him, "Pie, Jesu-- Pity, Lord, Your sinful children." And He Does. Suffers, prays for us, intercedes for us before His Father, Our Father... gives up His Life on The Cross, establishing The New Covenant forever. Rises on the third day. Heaven is opened again. Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Amen 👑✝️🕊️ To my ear and heart, this-- Faure's Requiem-- is the most beautiful Requiem ever written; beautiful, powerful, and poignantly evocative of basic tenets of our faith, life and death, of Our Creator, Our Savior, His Son, and His Sacrifice of Love for us. Thank you for posting this, the best and finest performance of this that i have ever heard.
16:22-16:50
my favorite moment. The cloud opens and heaven sheds light unto us.
I agree
Absolutely 🥹
0:00 Introit and Kyrie
6:24 Offertory
14:37 Sanctus
18:07 Pie Jesu
21:48 Agnus Dei
27:55 Libera Me
32:17 In Paradisum
thatissosf thank you
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thatissosf , do you know whom are the conductor and the choir please. I can't recognise the signature 🎶 ?!?
Thanks
Thank you, that actually does help.
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I love this requiem. There is definately something about a mass of voices singing harmoniously that can help transcend all the problems that life dishes out.
Ross Stanbury
There's only joy. We are the only life form in the universe that does this. The mind is like a parachute, kind of useless if you don't open it.
This is the Requiem Mass I want for my funeral.
agreed
I played 23:56 on ward for my father in laws funeral slide show. Started with date and with fade out to picture of him. There wasn't a dry eyes in the service. It gave me chills on how emotionally charged it was with this snippet. I also took a clip Mary Pickford's 'Sparrow" the part where Christ takes the baby to heaven. Digitally took a vid clip i have from him on family tapes and made it look like Christ was leading him to Paradise. I can't bare to watch that presentation that I made with out getting choked up.
Me too!
Me, too.
Why not before your last breathe? So you could rest in peace.
My sister died yesterday. My brother, who sings with a choir, recommended this piece. So glad he did.
Whoever recorded this with so much love for what he recorded deserves the most kind and generous compliments! No one but a genius can record something in such a mysterious, religious, musical way without having a desperate passion for recording beautiful music. Many, many thanks, i discovered this masterpiece on youtube only almost a year ago, it's addictive although it's a requiem, nothing to be happy about but when I'm dead and about to be buried, people don't have to say a word, just play this on a million dollar PA, loud! (but not too loud..). And just in case one might forget the minor details, the PA has to be able to reproduce some sub 27Hz tones in a decent way, hence the price. This piece of music, death song from heaven gives energy and hope, incomprehensibly good! Thanks!
One of the most beautiful works ever written!
Agreed.
The Libera Me always gives me chills. This requiem was the first work that I performed outside of a school setting and I have now had the opportunity to perform it a few times. Every time I sing this work it's always new, beautiful, and tragic experience.
This Requiem is serene and peaceful. And I have heard it many times over the years. The most moving part is the Sanctus--such beautiful and ethereal sounds. The sounds of angel wings bringing the soul to Heaven. My very closest friend just passed away a few days ago. I am not an emotional person. But when I heard the Sanctus, tears welled up in my eyes and I cried a bit. I, a grown man, but that is quite o.k. these days. I did not know how sad I was and how much I missed David, he having died after a very long illness, until I heard this passage. RIP my beloved friend.
I wish I could cry. You feel way better after. I don't know what's the deal. Many times I've felt like it but nothing happens. It's strange and not normal. Its good you can do that.
Your not alone, I am in the same bucket you're in.
music helps us to heal--I hope you are healing in your sorrow since a year ago
My deepest condolences to you on the loss of your dear friend David. My brother was also named David, and he took his own life in our Mother’s driveway.
Sanjosemike
It's amazing the power of music and the power of well written music such as this. I know what you mean about reminiscing about people that have passed on. All of my grandparent are all gone, so listing to this gets me a little choked up inside thinking of them and wondering if their in a place as beautiful as this music sounds.
One day after the fire that changed the world- the devastating fire at the Cathedral de Notre-Dame-this heavenly, beautiful performance seemed right to listen to.
Exactly.
Yes. This is salve for the soul. Beautiful.
Notre -Dame is French, but it is also a thing of beauty that belongs to the world.
I hope that one day this music will be played again on the great organ
Le requiem de Fauré est une pure merveille qui n'a pas besoin de circonstances pour être écouté.
My family and I heard a performance of this sublime piece in Notre Dame Cathedral in March of 2003 at a Concert for Peace during the invasion of Iraq. We also attended a Friday Lenten Mass when the Crown of Thorns was displayed and we kissed it in homage to our Savior’s sacrifice for humanity. This Requiem is a glimpse of what awaits in eternity.
This is the most beautiful and emotional piece of music I have ever listened to
It kind of draws a whole spectrum of emotion and cinematic imagery which is astounding
Agreed, this piece is easily one of the most beautiful pieces of Classical choral music ever.
Truly one of the great pieces of music ever composed. I’ll have another opportunity to sing it again this month.
++Fred Spicer
I envy you. My own choir gave several performances of it two season ago so I don't suppose it will be sung again for years. I certainly never had enough of it. For me the loveliest and most intensely moving music of all that I've sung. I would so love to be doing it again.
Je dédie cette pure Merveille à tous les êtres miséreux qui, au cours de notre Histoire, sont morts dans un absolu anonymat, sans sépulture, et totalement oubliés.
Magnifique message. J'ajouterai que tout est question de temps. Nous sommes tous anonymes.
Mais votre dédicace est bouleversante.
Merci pour ce geste qui est si beau.
Ceci n'est pas un message chrétien, mais Rousseauiste. La société corrompt l'homme, si ce n'est le détruis, et Dieu n'existe pas. Votre message n'est pas merveilleux, mais un appel au nihilisme, sans espoir, sans rédemption, sans possibilité de sauver son âme.
Vous omettez complétement le fait que ce n'est pas la souffrance qui fait partie de ce monde, mais nous sommes souffrance. Notre capacité à y faire face et à la surmonter est le propre de l'homme. Dans votre diatribe, vous omettez tous les progrès qui ont été fait. Le progrès n’est pas votre crédo, mais la souffrance des autres, pour gagner du pouvoir, ou votre propre souffrance et de voir le monde bruler en dédommagement de celle-ci.
Nous n’appartenons pas à la même civilisation et si vous êtes chrétiens à la même chrétienté.
Personne n'est oublié: le Bon Pateur connaît chaque de Ses agneaux.
@@paulpf1860 oui c'est ca ce qui est merveilleux.
My son died …. This Réquiem inspired a beautiful painting for him. He grows through the sea…. And became a tree of Life. ❤
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Quite simply the most beautiful, spiritual, ethereal piece of music ever written.
I just listened to this magnificent requiem to refresh my memory as our chorus is singing it again after many years. At first, I concentrated on my alto part, but then I let the whole beautiful sound wash over me as I thought of this sad time when we couldn't sing due to the pandemic. It became a prayer for so many loved ones lost.. Now I'm singing it again and I rejoice.
Without a doubt--a divinely inspired work. I feel a tremendous sense of peace while I listen. May everyone's hearts, souls, spirits, and sacred body temples be filled with transforming peace, stillness, understanding, and wisdom. I also have known this work for many years, but its arresting majesty is...beyond words. Thank you, James, from my heart for uploading this work; by doing so you have bestowed a blessing upon our Earth simply by making it so accessible. I hope you are well and happy! God bless you, Ausma
When I had a secondhand bookshop and quietly played recorded music, this one of the favourites.
It was a recording with the choir of Canterbury Cathedral and soloists and a woman customer suddenly said " Oh ,that`s my husband singing that solo"
small world
That's incredible! Love that about the world ❤
I love this composition on so many levels….At age of 19, I was awarded a vocal performance scholarship after singing “Pie Jesus” and went on to obtain 3 music degrees( & now a nurse)…as the years have passed I’ve sung this Requiem(required memorized) with so many wonderful conductors and professional singers all over the USA…..I never tire of it …I travel down memory lane and remember that each performance was all so unique with each chorus/choral and conductor!
So impressive, I sang in my college choir, simple stuff but such a joy. Thank you for sharing your memories.
The pure simple compositions easily reveal the quality of the diction and polished & controlled sound! It’s easy to hide poor quality in difficult loud “splattered “ music! (Yes, a degree in conducting too😅)@@brianmcdonagh8477
I'm playing this for a family friend who passed away this morning. It's all I've requested to be played at my memorial service one day when I pass away. In Paradisum so reverential and peaceful.
Came to listen to this on 4/15/19, the day of the fire at Notre Dame in Paris. Pretty haunting with all the pics of the cathedral in all its glory.
Technology brings us to Mars, and we can't keep a monument that has 8 centuries ...
The heart bleeds!
Greetings from Italy.
C’est mon requiem préféré c’est un vrai chef d’œuvre. Je suis sans mot car trop émue
On est bien d'accord.
It doesn't matter where you come from in life, what your pitfalls are, how much money you have or haven't got, your values or morals, this music hits home like a tidal wave from nowhere, God Bless you all, this is heavenly, and it is waiting for everyone, believe in Jesus and you will be saved
Absolutely adore Faure's Requiem, want it played at my funeral.
J'ai découvert cette oeuvre sur le tard par l'intermédiaire de la ligne rouge de terrence malick. In paradisium m'a subjugué . quelle grâce, quelle volupté . Des frissons de bonheur et d'allégresse à chaque écoute.
My sister and I sang In Paradisum at the funeral of a friend's grandfather years ago. The whole requiem has been one of my favorites ever since. It's a consolation and hope when someone I love dies.
Wish I remembered enough French to reply in your language.
My grandma (Irish with a Welsh mother 😉) trained to be an opera singer in her early life before she met my grandfather. Her singing partner went on to sing all over the world: Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall etc. She decided to become a mother and as kids she sang Pie Jesu to us. What could’ve been for her.
I love this piece of music with all my soul. Every second, every note. Plus 30:18 and the brass at 30:30. ❤️
One of my all time favorite pieces. Just absolute beauty all the way through!
All the way through!!!! Sublime.
Truly inspired by God.
Probably my very favourite piece of music in the whole world. In my whole life.
I totally agree. It's mesmerizing. I listen to it at least once a day.
Quelle merveille, quelle belle interprétation, quels talents !
this is such a epic piece of music. also quite moving and emotional , you really feel the best of humanity in this.
I lost my husband in January and I absolutely sobbed when I heard the Pie Jesu sung at a funeral last Saturday. The In Paradisum is Heavenly. Sublime. And I agree totally about the ads, but it appears that no one reads the comments.
Dear Vicki, I read your comment and felt your pain. We are out there,trying to ignore the ads. Take comfort in this beautiful rendition of Faure's work!
Beautiful music regardless of any faith
I was blessed with the chance to see this performed live a number of years ago with my wife. It was an experience i will never forget. The Calgary philharmonic orchestra did a phenomenal job. I've never quite had goosebumps again like i did that night. Time and time again i have to come back and re listen to this piece in a vein attempt to relive that evening. Requiems are timeless.
I have been in only one Gothic Cathedral in my life, In Prague. This music is precisely what it felt like to be in it. Transcendence made flesh (music and stone)!
I think this is Cologne Cathedral, I may be wrong. Magnificent. After what happened to Notre Dame I fear for all such buildings. This requiem is transcendental.
Shame on TH-cam for gross ads ruining an amazing piece of music.
"Despite its centuries-old existence, classical music remains evergreen and continues to inspire future generations. It is an essential part of global culture and art."
I think this requiem is the best of all times. It is so beautiful!
was listening to radio while driving and I was given the gift of listening to this, just jumped at me. Wonderful blend of modern and classical, not an expert but I'm a music lover and it moved me lots
La musique de Fauré n'est que élégance, sérénité et recueillement. Je ne m'en lasse pas. Merci James pour ce merveilleux moment de bonheur pur.
fantastique,,,n'est ce pas?
@@poodius7 exact.
OMG! This gave me chills. I'm going to be singing this in two months!! I'm so exited. One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard.
I loved singing this - soprano - it remains my favourite piece of music ever! Now I am 70!
singing this piece for the first time ever. Just listening to this recording gives me full body chills for over 30 seconds
How do you keep from breaking down crying? I am an old man that is way too emotional when it comes to music.
@@analogman9697 sometimes I don't. I just cry.
I dreamt last night 11.20.15 that I was taking my place again with my choir. All the women were dressed in long dresses of different colors and fabrics. I just feel the need for our world to learn harmony together. Too much hate and violence and poverty in our world today. All the violence of this month cries out for us to learn to sing together.
+Vara Sue Tamminga I agree. Of course, I do think we're slowly but surely achieving progress as a species. Just think of how much hate and violence and poverty there was in the Middle Ages, and the improvement is pretty clear.
+April Jones ISIS ? 2016
David James The Crusades. The slave trade. The Holocaust. The conquest of Central America by Spain. Indentured servitude. 100 Years War. French Revolution.
Penicillin. Civil rights. Gay rights. Women's rights. Inoculations. The UN.
+April Jones
Progress...
Gay rights? Here abortion and there in vitro?? ISIS/all and any rights and social benefits in Europe for Muslims vs abandonment of domestic victims and the poor??? Immunity for 1% and poverty and despair for at least 70%?????
Lay off cliches, libertine indoctrination and generalizations, think Human, think Christian, think future, think the world. There is no other way.
Tomasz Popielicki If you think things aren't better now, you don't know much about history.
I have faith in humanity.
Faure's Requiem is the most beautiful one, in my opinion. Thank God for such beautiful music and for this fantastic performance.
This requiem is for Sus, who died protecting my life. He was a genius master of early automotive design and a member of royal navy special forces. He was a pure lay brother and Latarian. A member of a royal navy orchestra of mechanical engineers that took many losses in a tragic industrial accident in the 1910s. Despite his physical losses, Sus dedicated his heart to following the teachings of Saint Bruno. He was head and shoulders above us all. Always protecting us. And praying for us. Lord please give Sus angels wings, and also Sisters Teresa and Benoit, and Bruno the Lutheran who loved, cared for, blessed and buried them all. They were on earth my truest holy hospitaller, they built the first Armstrong Deasey ambulance maintaining it for their entire lives. They loved us all. Glory be to God. Amen.
I sang this with my choir back in the 1980's at Bolton Parish Church when i was a teenager. One of the most moving and memorable experiences of my life.
Having come to Faure's music at the age of 58 and only having known a handful of his music prior to this I have to say that I am totally captivated by his music and his manner of writing. Before I started to investigate his music and perform a series of interpretations with just piano and violin I had always found his music slightly difficult to listen to. Maybe it was because I was younger or just didn't give enough time to it, but how I missed out! His music is for music's sake and purely from the heart. Don't miss out on a wonderful experience. Open your ears, heart and mind and you will discover another world.
The Agnus Dei can bring you to Tears
Yes, Johnny, I play violin and sometimes the notes get a little fuzzy/watery during certain sections of this.......darn those cellos!!!!.....sniff....
The Pie Jesu just wrecks me. My former voice teacher sang it when we performed it and she's an amazing coloratura. She sang it again at the memorial service of one of our choir members who had planned the whole service and asked her to sing it. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
The pure G of Lux from the sopranos, and the Chromaticism after 🫡
I like very much this Requiem. It's different from others, this one pictures the beauty of Paradise more than the tragedy of death. It somehow takes out our fear, and make life seems less heavy too.
Playing this, even with secular intent (for musicians like myself), is an extremely healing and meditative experience
Hauntingly beautiful.
Não tem como não se emocionar com a grandiosidade dessa música!
"See you tomorrow"...Its easy to overlook how precious those three words are.
French composer Faure, wrote the Requiem after seeing the devastation and death of war.
Today, I will be listening to the Requiem and thinking of all my french friends who lost their lives in #Nice.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We have a rehearsal performance of the Faure Requiem tonight (7/20/16) (it was scheduled long before the tragic events), and, by coincidence, I will visit Nice in October. I'm sure the Faure will come to mind then. It is a wonderful expression of reverence for the mystery of life.
I think you may be mistaken about the context of the Requiem. It was composed in a period of peace in Europe. Even so, it is a beautiful piece, and a beautiful way to remember those we've lost.
thomas rushton Im not in the least bit confused ..been it is a journey through this beautiful music ..and remembering those who we have loved who are no longer with us now ..Do remember that what you you see in this piece of music ..does not exactly mean we will all entirely see it through your eyes..thats the beauty of music its everyones choice to decide what they take from it ..not what they are supposed to take from it !
pour moi le Requiem de Faure c'est le lien qui me fait vivre depuis longtemps avec ma soeur partie trop tôt à 32 ans et , plus récemment avec ma fille Anaelle qui s'est éteinte a l'age de 22 ans,sans pouvoir me dire au revoir . faure a su ecrire le peu qui reste dans l'ame et dans le coeur des victimes que sont devenues sans rien demander un frère et un père. merci pour tant de beautés
pierre paul deramond 7 12 2016
My condolences.
Very beautiful performance of the choir, and the soloist. very celestial sounds. really loved it. I sang parts of this requiem in 2003 at one of Hallel singing Saturdays(Hallel is a choirs organization of Israel)
---------------. It was a delightful experience.
This sublime music shows us how smooth and sweet is the passage to eternity...
Thank you, Rastko. I'd like to use your insight on the printed program of my funeral mass. May I?
Of course, most flattered.
Gracias a mi Padre fallecido hace dos años, conocí este Requiem hace más de 50 años, cuando aún era un niño. Hoy en Viernes Santo es especialmente maravilloso poder escucharlo. Muchas gracias!
I'm begging TH-cam to never delete this video.
I sang this in high school. It was seriously the most amazing thing ever! Then for my 19th birthday my best friend bought me the score. I've made it a point to go to performances of this for years because I can never get enough of it. Thanks for sharing!
Its' being performed this year on April 19, 2014 at 7:00 pm at Home Moravian Church by The Great Sabbath Choir. This is in Winston-Salem, NC. The top singers from the Southern Province of the Moravian Church doing it. Hope you are close by and can come worship with us.
Unfortunately, I am quite far away in New Zealand. I'm sure it will be a lovely service!
Sara Michelle I’m glad your friend got you the score for this! This is honestly a beautiful piece of work! Hope you’re still doing this!!!