Requiem by Fauré
Saison
2024/2025
Sacred music
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The sacred music of the Romantic era visits the extremes of religious feeling, from the most spontaneous joy to the most thoughtful introspection. Exuberant solemn masses respond to the seriousness of the Requiem, as shown by Hervé Niquet and his Spiritual Concert in this French program.
Distribution
With
Jean-Christophe Laniece, Philippe Estèphe Baritones (alternating according to dates)
Hervé Niquet Musical direction
Solenne Guilbert 1Er violin and solo violin
François Saint-Yves Organ
The Spiritual Concert Choir and Orchestra
Program
>> Large-scale version (grand organ)
Charles Gounod
Clovis Mass : Kyrie - Gloria
Alexandre Guilmant
O Salutaris
Charles Gounod
Clovis Mass : Credo
Louis Aubert
O Salutaris
Charles Gounod
Clovis Mass : Sanctus - Benedictus
André Caplet
Adagio for violin and organ
Charles Gounod
Clovis Mass : Agnus Dei
Theodore Dubois
Benedicat Vobis
>> Small-scale version (positive organ)
Theodore Dubois
Benedicat Vobis In B flat major
Camille Saint-Saëns
Tantum ergo In E flat major
O Salutaris In A flat major
Offertory for All Saints' Day In F major
Charles Gounod
Elevation In B minor
Léo Delibes
Ave Maris Stella In G minor
Camille Saint-Saëns
O Salutaris In E major
Ave Verum In D major
Theodore Dubois
Ave Maria In G major
Meditation-Prayer op. 17 in D major
Alexandre Guilmant
O Salutaris op. 37 In E minor
Intermission
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem (based on the 1893 version)
Production
Production Le Concert Spirituel, based on an idea by Palazzetto Bru Zane.
Duration
1:50
With intermission
Photo credit
Richard Cannon - Wigmore Hall September 2022
Additional information
Two visions of the sacred repertoire in France at the end of the 19th centuryE century.
“My requiem was composed for nothing... for fun, if I may say so...”, it was in these terms that Gabriel Fauré evoked his Requiem, probably one of his best known and most played scores today.
The idea of pleasure may seem incongruous in the context of a mass for the dead, but the musician saw it as a deliverance, almost a moment of happiness, at least spiritual. And that is perhaps the secret of its success even today, in this warm and luxuriant sound material that leads to the elevation of the spirit.
Throughout his career, Gounod composed nearly twenty sacred pages, most of them in the form of a mass or an oratorio. The so-called Clovis Mass is almost contemporary with Requiem by Fauré, but in a completely different spirit. Here the musician returns to the neo-Renaissance style that was already present in older pieces. A “historicizing” style, of course, but one that Gounod practices with mastery.
The recording of the program was released by Alpha Classics on August 23, 2024 under the reference “Fauré Requiem” Alpha 1014.
The dates
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