Felix Mendelssohn
Christus
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem
In an effort to take inspiration from the past and a desire for renewal, two treasures of religious music are joined in this concert alongside the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie. Bach’s voice permeates all of Mendelssohn’s religious music, without it ever becoming a pastiche. The unfinished oratorio Christus, for example, comprises "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern", one of Bach’s most renowned Christmas chorales. Fauré, on the other hand, reinvents the texts for his Requiem. In between the melismata of Gregorian chant, he delivers a message of peace and comfort underlined by plastic artist Mat Collishaw’s video.
Chiara Skerath soprano
Martin Mitterrutzner ténor
Rafael Fingerlos baryton
accentus
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Laurence Equilbey direction
Christophe Grapperon chef de chœur
Mat Collishaw installation vidéo
Nov
10
Nov
11
Beethoven Eroica
Fauré’s Requiem, Sky burial
Haendel, The Messiah
The Messiah at the Kennedy Center
Beethoven, Symphony n° 9
Mozart Requiem / Yoann Bourgeois
Clara Schumann / Louise Farrenc
Franz Schubert / Emilie Mayer
Schubert, Symphonies “Tragique” “Inachevée”
Mozart, Symphonies
Bach, from abyss to light
Fauré, Mélodies & Requiem
Beethoven Wars
