‘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.

We will get to the 19th century, and to the music that transforms me into a merman, but first we must start with zombies. In a funeral program, In Paradisum is for the moment a corpse is transported ...

Different from the standard Requiem format, Gabriel Fauré’s work contains no Dies irae, and adds two prayers from the burial office: the “Libera me” and “In Paradisum.” Fauré noted in an interview ...

In 1857, Mily Balakirev implored four of his fellow composers to free Russian music of Teutonism, to effectively create a sound of their own. A similar narrative would repeat itself across the ...

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 ...

Fauré's sweetly consolatory masterpiece includes a handful of short assignments for a soprano and baritone, but the chorus is the heart and soul of the work. Singing in Davies Symphony Hall under ...

When musicians climb inside the expressive core of a piece and truly make it their own, a magical effect is created for all who hear them. The Germans call this intense emotional connection innigkeit, ...

Kathryn Stott celebrates the music of Gabriel Fauré, on the eve of the centenary of his death, and looks back on her career as she prepares to step down from the concert platform. Show more Gabriel ...

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.