‘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.

The Music: Fauré noted that his requiem was ‘composed for nothing... for fun’. The loss of his parents may have conditioned his outlook while creating the score’s first version during 1887-88. But the ...

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.

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 ...

In his seven-section Requiem, the French composer Gabriel Fauré distilled some of the most beautiful melodies he ever composed. The creation was almost certainly a musical tribute to his father, who ...