‘The human soul dreams of being cradled like a child’ — Fauré’s Requiem offers a radiant and tender vision of heaven, comforting audiences far beyond the composer’s original Parisian congregation.

Different from the standard Requiem format, Gabriel Fauré’s work contains no Dies irae, and adds two prayers from the burial office: the "Libera me" and "In Paradisum." Fauré noted in an interview ...

The Firelands Symphony Chorale, under the direction of Michael Shirtz, will present an uplifting and reflective choral concert featuring Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem alongside a collection of moving ...

In honor of the centenary of composer Gabriel Faure's death (November 4, 1924) St. Luke's Church will present his gently ravishing Requiem in its entirety during our morning liturgy for All Saints' ...

Matthias Goerne has considerable but by no means overpowering presence – of the many baritones who have tackled this, he certainly is way up there with the best of them – and the Orchestre de Paris is ...

Tonight BBC4's Sacred Music series turns to France, and two vital figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Gabriel Fauré and Francis Poulenc. Of all the sacred works of its time, none is ...

Consolation and communion are this concert's common themes. Conductor Kazuki Yamada leads the SF Symphony and Chorus in Fauré's tenderly radiant and humane Requiem, an underrated stunner. Hailed for ...

One of the great lesser-known works of choral literature is the Requiem of Gabriel Faure. Written near the end of the 19th Century, this hauntingly beautiful score stands apart, almost completely ...

Frances Fyfield is in Paris for her latest series celebrating the handwritten scores of famous pieces of classical music. Today it's a choral favourite - Gabriel Faure's Requiem. Show more Gabriel ...

Enjoy a stunning performance of Gabriel Fauré’s ethereal and uplifting setting of Requiem Op.48 in the evocative candlelit setting of St Mary Le Strand, James Gibbs’ baroque masterpiece and arguably ...

Choral conductor David Willcocks and others reflect on the inspirational impact of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem. From September 2010. Show more "He wanted it to be something that's consoling and helpful.