Gabriel Faure said: "it has been said that my requiem does not express the fear of death and sorrow, and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than a painful experience".
In four nights we will lend our hearts and voices to the vision Faure had of the beautiful passage called death, and as I sit here listening to the orchestra rehearse the Requiem I can feel what he means, and I find myself feeling a strange affection for this event I normally find so fearful.
Even in moments of pain, there is light and beauty.
Even when faced with what we do not know, there is comfort in the knowing that Love itself draws us.
I want to see with Faure's eyes when my time comes.
No wonder his Requiem has become so beloved- love answers Love.
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