Name: Fauré's Requiem Insula orchestraLaurence Equilbey
Start: 2023-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Laurence Equilbey

Others

accentus - Opéra de Rouen

Orchestra

Insula Orchestra

Barbican Centre

Fauré's Requiem Insula orchestra/Laurence Equilbey

London

United Kingdom

Public

Fauré Requiem

Saint François d’Assise

Approved

Heaven and earth: Mat Collishaw’s mesmerising projections accompany sacred music by Fauré and Gounod, connecting these spiritual works to human experience and the natural world.

From its arresting opening bars to the sublime ‘In Paradisum’, Fauré’s Requiem is one of the most human of all sacred works, slowly shifting its gaze from earthly vulnerability to the hope of eternity. In his film Sky Burial, Mat Collishaw responds to this music with deeply moving images drawn from nature and from everyday life. Soaring birds and serene landscapes are juxtaposed with tableaux of loss and grief, offering a poignant but hopeful counterpoint to Fauré’s music.

The Insula Orchestra and Accentus chorus, conducted by Laurence Equilbey, bring their characteristic sensitivity to Fauré’s Requiem, and to Gounod’s once-lost oratorio Saint François d’Assise – the only recording of which was made by these musicians. A powerful and unique take on French sacred music that’s sure to linger in the memory.

English

Fauré's Requiem Insula orchestra/Laurence Equilbey by Fauré, Gounod, From (2023/2023), Conductor Laurence Equilbey, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

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Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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