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To commemorate the centenary of Gabriel Fauré’s death, L’Harmonie des saisons, soloists, choir and orchestra on period instruments will perform the composer’s magnificent Requiem. Fauré’s landmark work will be accompanied by the Cantique de Jean Racine and a Messe basse for women’s voices. For the occasion, a children’s choir will also join the ensemble! Gabriel Fauré’s magnificent Requiem is distinguished by its intimate, nuanced expressiveness. L’Harmonie des saisons will reveal this masterpiece in the authentic manner of its 19th-century creation by Fauré himself. The work is rarely performed in its original “church” version of January 1888, with vocal forces and orchestra on period instruments adapted to this context. The Cantique de Jean Racine is a composition by Gabriel Fauré to the text “Verbe égal au Très-Haut” by poet Jean Racine. It is one of Fauré’s earliest published pieces. He wrote it as a 19 year old student at the Ecole Niedermeyer de Paris, winning him the first prize in composition in 1865. The piece is an extraordinary example of the young composer’s unique talent. The Messe basse pour voix de femmes has a most interesting history which charts the course of Fauré’s compositional career over a 25 year period. It was initially conceived in 1881 as collaboration with fellow composer André Messager, in which three of the five movements were composed by Fauré, and the other two by Messager. It was written for three part female choir, accompanied by organ and a solo violin. In 1906 Fauré returned to the work to fulfill a publishing contract. He replaced the Messager movements with newly composed music of his own. The intimate and expressive Messe has an undeniable charm, and is rarely heard in modern performances.
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L'Harmonie des saisonsLa Route des Concerts presents: Requiem by Fauré
Date/Time
Saturday, November 2, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
1 Rue Principale
Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, QC
Canada, J0B 2M0
Price
$46
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https://laroutedesconcerts.com/calendrier/
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