The Northwest Sacred Music Chorale’s 2012 Fall Concert November 17th, 7:00 PM and November 18th, 3:00 PM will feature the Chorale performing the major work "Requiem" by French composer Gabriel Faure’. This special presentation will include powerful baritone solos, featuring guest baritone Randel Wagner, a pure soprano solo featuring Madison Mataban, and a chamber orchestra (consisting of two violins, two violas, two cellos and a double bass).
Faure's Requiem is unique. The anguish, loss and horrors of Death and Judgment Day are left by the wayside. Faure’ concentrates on the true meaning of the word "Requiem", or "rest". His Requiem is about peaceful acceptance and release, and the music is serene, elevating, & comforting.
Fauré began sketches for the Requiem in 1887. By the time of the first performance, on January 16 1888, there were five movements: an Introit and Kyrie, the Sanctus, Pie Jesu, Agnus Dei, and In Paradisum. He added an Offertoire in 1889, and added a setting of the Libera Me that he had written for baritone and organ some twelve years earlier.
As a choirmaster and organist, Fauré constantly sought to create a new kind of church music. He wanted something different than the style which was popular in Paris at the time, and different than the outsized, large-scale Germanic Romantic style which dominated the rest of Europe. Along the way, he helped to establish a distinctive French style which set the stage for the development of the Impressionist style of Debussy and Ravel.
In addition, this Fall Concert program will feature a classical hymn arrangement by Ralph Vaughn Williams, “For All the Saints”, and a rousing spiritual, Moses Hogan’s, “Elijah Rock”, plus three other numbers to lift your soul. The NWSMC Ensemble will similarly contribute five numbers including the spirituals “Balm in Gilead” and “Ride the Chariot.”
Join the Chorale and your neighbors on a musical journey Saturday evening (Nov. 17th at 7:00 PM) or Sunday (Nov. 18th at 3:00 PM) at the fabulous KrocCenter in Coeur d’Alene. Purchase tickets Online at www.nwswmc.org. Click here for tickets.
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