Sydney Philharmonia presents:
Fauré Requiem
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 7pm
French composer Gabriel Fauré composed Requiem in D minor, Op. 48, between 1887 and 1890, revised it in the 1890s, and finished it in 1900.
The choral-orchestral setting of the shortened Catholic Mass for the Dead in Latin is the best-known of his large works.
The focus of Fauré Requiem is on eternal rest and consolation. Depicting peace and beauty of the heavenly afterlife, the spirit is restored and the soul is healed.
The last time Sydney Philharmonia Choirs sang Faure's Requiem was during the late 2020 under the strains of COVID-19, rehearsing and sharing music with us in the digital realm. This time, Sydney Philharmonia brings this live concert in Sydney Town Hall.
This Easter, SPC offer a concert that embraces the uplifting energy and the healing power of choral singing.
Fauré’s Requiem is paired with a revival of John Peterson’s Shadows and Light, an SPC commission inspired by both the texts of the requiem mass and the headlines of September 11, 2001. But the key to the program is not death but rest (requiem) and light.
Both works play to the virtuosity and youthful sound of VOX and Chamber Singers. Shadows and Light features Peterson’s animated rhythms and attractive blending of musical styles – traditional and popular – in music that reminds us we need shadow in order to ‘see the light’.
Fauré’s Requiem stands apart from its more theatrical counterparts. Instead of fire-and-brimstone drama, it’s beautiful and consoling – a ‘lullaby of death’. Experience Fauré’s original vision with its intimate use of instruments and voices, from the drama of the Libera Me to the ethereal purity of the Pie Jesu and a finale that will take you to paradise.
Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings is the cathartic interlude in this profoundly moving concert.
Thursday 28 March at 7pm
Sydney Town Hall
This performance will run for 1 hour and 15 minutes. No interval.
PROGRAM
John Peterson Shadows and Light
Samuel BARBER Adagio for Strings
Gabriel FAURÉ Requiem
(1893 version edited by John Rutter)
ARTISTS
Elizabeth Scott conductor
Chloe Lankshear soprano
Andrew Goodwin tenor
Andrew O’Connor baritone
VOX and Chamber Singers
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
TICKETS
Premium $135 | A $110 | B $71 | C $50 | D $40
Concessions $122 | A $99| B $64 | C $45 | D $36
Under 30 $30
A booking fee of $8.95 per transaction applies.
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And give the Martyrs (In tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres),
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
When Lazarus once poor, (Et cum Lazaro quondam paupere),
When Lazarus, once poor, (Et cum Lazaro quondam paupere).
have eternal rest; (æternam habeas requiem),
have eternal rest. (æternam habeas requiem).
4. Gabriel Fauré - Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 (Introduced by Sir John Gielgud) YouTube, uploaded by EuroArtsChannel. From the Winchester Cathedral. Winchester Cathedral Choir English Chamber Orchestra Martin Neary - conductor Thomas Allen - baritone Dominic Harvey (soloist at Pie Jesu) James Lancelot - organist. 4:35 I. Introit and Kyrie 12:00 II. Offertoire 20:48 III. Sanctus 24:32 IV. Pie Jesu 28:42 V. Agnus Dei et Lux aeterna 35:18 VI. Libera me 40:24 VII. In Paradisum. Accessed March 13, 2024.
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Note from Sydney Philharmonia Choirs:
- The number of people in attendance will be limited in accordance with current Public Health Orders and ensuring appropriate physical distancing at all times.
- Hand sanitiser will be available and audience members over the age of 12 are required to wear masks.
- To minimise unnecessary contact, we will be distributing a digital program book, available in advance.
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