Faure’s Requiem, Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony

Eglise de la Madeleine, Place de la Madeleine

Relive the magic of classical music through this concert bringing together the repertoire's best-known works. Faure's Requiem in D minor Op. 48 by Gabriel Fauré, written at maturity, is one of his best-known works. It was premiered on January 16, 1888 at the Church of the Madeleine. This funeral Mass is considered one of Fauré's masterpieces and one of the most beautiful requiems of the 19th century. The piece, written in a very personal style, contains several movements that rank among the most moving in Western choral music. The No. 3 Symphony builds a progression where rhythm takes the lea…