Voices of Ascension: Fauré Requiem and Music from the Russian Orthodox Tradition
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka The second half of the concert consisted of Fauré's Requiem. This familiar, deeply loved work " an examination of requiem themes that is more about interior considerations of mortality than about cosmic confrontations with hell or pleas for salvation " depends for its success on clear, clean musicianship. The shimmery delicacy and complex harmonic richness of Fauré's music were …