Conductor: Brett Weymark
Soloists: Elizabeth Campbell, José Carbó

Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra and Symphony Chorus

 

Experience the sheer beauty and profundity of the French choral tradition.

 

Poulenc's Stabat Mater has an immediacy of expression which vividly captures the passion, suffering, sorrow, supplication and finally the glorious hope embodied in the prayer, perhaps more so than any other setting of the text, whilst Duruflé’s Requiem explores his lifelong fascination with plainchant. It has a timeless meditative spirituality combined with a harmonic sensuality so typical of French music.

 

Fauré’s exquisite sacred choral style is heard in his Cantique de Jean Racine for choir, and Messiaen’s acapella motet O Sacrum Convivium shows the composer at his most spiritual.

Approx. 120 minues with interval