Fauré’s Requiem

Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for an Easter Saturday concert that embraces the uplifting energy and the healing power of choral singing.

This concert pairs Fauré’s Requiem with a revival of John Peterson’s Shadows and Light, an SPC commission inspired by both the texts of the requiem mass and the headlines of September 11, 2001. But the key to the program is not death but rest (requiem) and light.

Both works play to the virtuosity and youthful sound of VOX and SPC’s Chamber Singers. Shadows and Light features Peterson’s animated rhythms and his attractive blending of musical styles – traditional and popular – in music that reminds us we need shadow in order to ‘see the light’.

Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem stands apart from its more theatrical counterparts. Instead of fire-and-brimstone drama, it’s beautiful and consoling – a ‘lullaby of death’. Experience Fauré’s original vision with its intimate use of instruments and voices, from the drama of the Libera Me to the ethereal purity of the Pie Jesu and a finale that will take you to paradise.

Samuel Barber’s exquisite Adagio for strings is the cathartic interlude in this profoundly moving concert. 

Tickets available at the door.