Brings me back to my University days when the music department choir that I was in toured with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra with this masterpiece (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada). This was my favourite part of the Requiem. Thanks for reacting to it, Jeff!
What an exquisite performance! Thank you, Phil. The Agnus Dei is my favorite movement from the Faure, and I especially love the horn afterthought at the very end, “waaaaaaaah, WHA WHaah, waaaahhh…”
It is no wonder that this is so popular with choirs all over the world. Of all the requiems composed this and the Duruflé requiem are the most beautiful peices of music.
I sung the Requiem in concert ay back in 1976 and again in 1978. I have always thought of it as the apex of my choral career! As a tenor, I think the Agnus Dei (the movement we heard) was probably my favourite part, not least because of the extremely rapid progression of key changes after the sopranos come in. May I commend the Voces8 recording of this work, which takes an entirely different approach, using just 8 voices (obviously) and a chamber orchestra.
His requiem is probably the pinnacle of Faure's musical compositions. He only wrote a handful of works for choir and for the most part only the Cantique and the Requiem are performed with any real consistency. While the other piece of music he is most famous for writing, the Pavane, does have a choral part it is rarely performed using it, normally it is just the orchestral version that is done. Other than these three pieces mostly Faure is known to vocal music student as the composer of many French art songs that the student are generally required to sing at some point.
Jeff, if you get a chance you should watch the Danish symphony performance of the theme song from Good,Bad and the Ugly. They also do the Godfather as well.
Brings me back to my University days when the music department choir that I was in toured with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra with this masterpiece (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada). This was my favourite part of the Requiem. Thanks for reacting to it, Jeff!
That's awesome!
That moment when the sopranos hold their note on "lux aeterna" is my single favourite key change in all of classical music.
What an exquisite performance! Thank you, Phil. The Agnus Dei is my favorite movement from the Faure, and I especially love the horn afterthought at the very end, “waaaaaaaah, WHA WHaah, waaaahhh…”
It is no wonder that this is so popular with choirs all over the world. Of all the requiems composed this and the Duruflé requiem are the most beautiful peices of music.
Amazing performance!!!
Yes, absolutely beautiful indeed …. 💜🕊️🙏🏼😌
Real music performed by real musicians.
I sung the Requiem in concert ay back in 1976 and again in 1978. I have always thought of it as the apex of my choral career! As a tenor, I think the Agnus Dei (the movement we heard) was probably my favourite part, not least because of the extremely rapid progression of key changes after the sopranos come in. May I commend the Voces8 recording of this work, which takes an entirely different approach, using just 8 voices (obviously) and a chamber orchestra.
WOW great music
His requiem is probably the pinnacle of Faure's musical compositions. He only wrote a handful of works for choir and for the most part only the Cantique and the Requiem are performed with any real consistency. While the other piece of music he is most famous for writing, the Pavane, does have a choral part it is rarely performed using it, normally it is just the orchestral version that is done. Other than these three pieces mostly Faure is known to vocal music student as the composer of many French art songs that the student are generally required to sing at some point.
Jeff, if you get a chance you should watch the Danish symphony performance of the theme song from Good,Bad and the Ugly. They also do the Godfather as well.
And now for something completely different: Requesting Home Free 7 Bridges Road.
While Fauré's Requiem may lack theatricality, conductor Laurence Equilbey does not. 😉