Phillip Faber

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Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem in D minor, Op. 48, between 1887 and 1890. The choral-orchestral setting for the abbreviated Catholic Death Mass in Latin is the best known of his major works. The seven movements are composed for soprano and baritone soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and organ. The two soloists are Philippa Cold and Jóhan Kristinsson, but in the center is the Philharmonic Choir with choir director Alice Granum. Fauré's Requiem is a beautiful task for any choir, and the Philharmonic Choir, with their many years of work with the symphony orchestra, has the experience to sing this heartfelt and beautiful music by Fauré.

The concert ends with Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11, for mixed choir and piano or organ by Gabriel Fauré. The text, "Verbe égal au Très-Haut" ("Words, one with the highest"), is a French paraphrase by Jean Racine of a Latin hymn, Consors paterni luminis. The 19-year-old Fauré set the text to music in 1864-65 at a composition competition at the École Niedermeyer de Paris, and it won him first prize. The work was first performed the following year on 4 August 1866 in a version with accompaniment by strings and organ. The style shows clear similarities to his Requiem. Today, the two works are often performed together, just as it also happens at these two concerts.

🕒 Approx. 1 hour without a break.