Faure's Intimate Requiem
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
At a time when most composers were writing sacred music that included everything but the kitchen sink, Gabriel Faure chose to set his Requiem Mass in a lean, almost chamber style, helping to set the stage for the impressionism of Debussy and Ravel. Tonight we'll hear this gloriously intimate work with the English Chamber Orchestra under Stephen Cleobury; soloists Olaf Bar, Ann Murray and Richard Eteson join the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
And later in the evening, we'll mark the anniversary of the first performance of Joseph Haydn's famous "London Symphony." Roy Goodman leads the Hannover Band in a rousing performance of this symphonic gem, which premiered on this date (in London, of course) back in 1795.
And later in the evening, we'll mark the anniversary of the first performance of Joseph Haydn's famous "London Symphony." Roy Goodman leads the Hannover Band in a rousing performance of this symphonic gem, which premiered on this date (in London, of course) back in 1795.
