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Fauré, Requiem
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"A requiem as sweet as myself" and "composed for pleasure." These words of Fauré contrast with the idea we usually have of the funeral genre: when we think of those of Mozart and Verdi , it is the sound and the theater that impose themselves on our imagination and ward off the anguish of death. But Fauré's Requiem distances itself from the dramatic vein , preferring a luminous angelism and a poetic candor for a peaceful meditation.
Incongruous? On the contrary! Fauré approaches the genre with an obvious spiritual intention but also a great deal of humanity .
Conceived as "a happy deliverance, an aspiration to happiness beyond, rather than as a painful passage," this Requiem needed an original structure. Harmony reigns in this score of serene and warm beauty, which chooses to depart from tradition by not borrowing from the usual mass for the dead.
You might recognize one of the themes from the Requiem if you saw the first season of the series Fargo , where a character, Stavros Milos , believes he is being blackmailed by God himself. Almost every one of his on-screen appearances is accompanied by religious music, particularly Fauré 's Requiem !
This opens gently in suspended time, then the pulse resumes with the psalmody of the choir. Fauré gradually, patiently leads us towards the light, when the solo violin rises above the choir like a prayer.
The writing, clear and limpid, envelops us in a feeling of bliss and lightness. An apparent simplicity that Mathieu Herzog, the Choir and the Appassionato Orchestra show you with pedagogy that it is the fruit of infinite refinement.
Program and cast
Distribution
Appassionato Choir
Appassionato Orchestra
Mathieu Herzog , conductor
Program
Fauré , Requiem
Practical information
Doors open: 1 hour before the start of the concert
. Duration of the concert: 1 hour 15 minutes (without intermission).
La Seine Musicale
La Seine Musicale is a music and performing arts center located on Île Seguin an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres, in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
Adress: La Seine Musicale, Île Seguin, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Auditorium Patrick Devedjian
Nestled like a gem in a case of glass and wood, the Auditorium Patrick Devedjian is the centerpiece of our building. It can accommodate up to 1,150 spectators and is dedicated to acoustic music, featuring the greatest classical ensembles and musicians, foremost among them the resident orchestra: Insula orchestra.
Its appearance is open to interpretation: a bird's nest, a giant liner, "the ball"...
From the outside, its glass facade is protected and powered by a gigantic array of solar panels that moves in synchronization with the sun, overlooking the concrete liner.
From the inside, the 1,150-seat hall awakens our senses. Dedicated to classical music, jazz, and world music concerts, its light blonde wooden ceiling, cardboard tubes, and paper reveal all the secrets of the excellent acoustics of this stage.
Its Acoustics
Studied by the Nagata and Jean-Paul Lamoureux firm to ensure the best possible sound reproduction for the audience. All precautions have been taken to guarantee exceptional acoustics with the precision of a musical instrument.
Its Design
Modular, its vineyard-style arrangement creates a genuine proximity with the audience surrounding the artists. The interplay of lights, the beauty of materials (wood, mosaics, glass), and the 360° panorama are all designed to match the pleasure of the eyes with that of the ears.
Its design aims to create a sense of visual and acoustic intimacy shared between the audience and the musicians. The atmosphere of the hall is warm, with curved wooden walls and ceiling contributing to the hall’s unique sound identity. Access to the hall is provided on three levels by large suspended walkways offering panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. These are connected by large staircases forming a continuous promenade around the hall.
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