Orchestre des Champs-Elysées & Collegium Vocale Gent
Fauré. Requiem
Devout voices and redeeming sounds
‘The requiem is as gentle as I am,’ said Fauré about his rather atypical Mass for the Dead. No monumental visions of a terrifying end, but instead a modest farewell to life, a happy and peaceful passing. Bruckner's motets evidence the same serenity. Stravinsky's ritualistic Symphony of Psalms for choir and orchestra provides a moving contrast. Philippe Herreweghe is happy to invite us along on this blissful journey back in time.
programme
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Requiem, opus 48
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Motets
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Symphony of Psalms
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Requiem, opus 48
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Motets
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Sym
performers
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées: orchestra
Collegium Vocale Gent: choir
Philippe Herreweghe: conductor
Dorothee Mields: soprano
Krešimir Stražanac: bass baritone
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées: orchestra
Collegium Vocale Gent: choir
Philippe Herreweghe: conductor
Dorothee M