Sat, 20 Nov
|St Francis of Assisi Church
Requiem op. 48 by Gabriel Fauré (version avec petite orchestre, 1889)
"Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest." (G. Faure)
Time & Location
20 Nov 2021, 19:30
St Francis of Assisi Church, Republic Street, Il-Belt Valletta, Malta
About The Event
"Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest." (G. Faure) KorMalta, in collaboration with the Malta International Organ Festival, presents this choral masterpiece in its string orchestra version, without violin, organ and harp.
Genre & year of composition: Romantic period, 1889
Formation: Version for Chamber Orchestra, Choir (SATB)
Soprano: Elena Pinciaroli
Baritone: Joseph Lia
Organ: Riccardo Quadri
Conductor: Riccardo Bianchi
Collaboration: Malta International Organ Festival