Feb 26 2023 to Feb 26 2023 6 p.m.

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Where

The Bangalore School of Music

No 8, CBI Main Road, HMT-HBCS Layout, RT Nagar, next to St. Jude´s Church, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560032

Event Description

The subtlety of Fauré’s music, and his concentration on the small-scale, led many to criticize him for lacking depth, a judgment based on the mistaken premise that the bigger and bolder a composer’s music the more worthwhile it must be. Fauré deliberately avoided the grander kind of orchestral music that could easily have brought him fame and fortune. He preferred instead to embrace an elegant and subtle musical language that has won him increasing numbers of admirers, particularly as a composer of songs, a genre in which he is now recognized as a master. The Requiem was composed in 1888, when Fauré was in his forties, quite probably in response to the recent death of his father. Shortly after its first performance, Faure’s mother also died, giving the work an added poignancy. In 1900, under pressure from his publishers, he reluctantly agreed to release a revised version containing additional instrumental parts designed to broaden the work’s appeal. Nowadays it is such a firm favourite that it was a surprise to learn that it did not gain widespread popularity until the nineteen-fifties.

Cappella Bangalore The Bangalore Men Rebecca Thomas Colaco - piano Anisha Chandy - soprano Jonas Olsson - baritone Maria Forsström - conductor St John's Church, Cleveland Town

Sunday 26th February - 6 pm Free entry - All welcome!

This concert is presented in kind collaboration with St. John's Church (CSI) and The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.