A new look at a beloved work - the Faure Requiem.
Very interesting that Gabriel Faure's Requiem, a work known in musical and non-musical circles alike - is so often heard in a version which he did not compose! The final version of the work - that which is most often performed today - has a much larger orchestra than Faure intended. It is amazing to study his original thoughts and score - as he says - he wrote this work "for the pleasure of doing so" and that he saw death not as terrifying end but as a welcome and peaceful beginning. It is that subtext which is illuminated so thoughtfully in his original scoring.
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