Gabriel Faure’s Requiem
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Faure: “. . . someone has called [my Requiem] a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above . . .”
Gabriel Faure’s Requiem is our second hour’s feature, and astonishingly beautiful it is, especially as performed by the ravishing mezzo, Cecilia Bartoli, and the eloquent baritone, Bryn Terfel; Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Saint Cecilia Orchestra and chorus. You won’t want to miss this revelatory experience.
But, to begin at the beginning—this is some enchanted evening! And that’s the Richard Rodgers song with which we start the evening—gorgeously sung by Bryn Terfel, who returns for the Faure, as mentioned above. Emanuel Ax, Richard Stolzman, and Yo-Yo Ma romp through Beethoven’s youthful Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello, nicknamed “Gassenhauer” (street song) because a pop tune from a Weigl opera provided the theme for the jolly third-movement set of variations. It truly is a gas!
Scattered throughout the evening are works by Mozart, Orlando Gibbons, Jean Francaix, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Some enchanted evening, indeed.
Gabriel Faure’s Requiem is our second hour’s feature, and astonishingly beautiful it is, especially as performed by the ravishing mezzo, Cecilia Bartoli, and the eloquent baritone, Bryn Terfel; Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Saint Cecilia Orchestra and chorus. You won’t want to miss this revelatory experience.
But, to begin at the beginning—this is some enchanted evening! And that’s the Richard Rodgers song with which we start the evening—gorgeously sung by Bryn Terfel, who returns for the Faure, as mentioned above. Emanuel Ax, Richard Stolzman, and Yo-Yo Ma romp through Beethoven’s youthful Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello, nicknamed “Gassenhauer” (street song) because a pop tune from a Weigl opera provided the theme for the jolly third-movement set of variations. It truly is a gas!
Scattered throughout the evening are works by Mozart, Orlando Gibbons, Jean Francaix, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Some enchanted evening, indeed.
