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Iglesia de San Alberto
Estrella 2
Seville
41005
Spain
Programme
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem, Op.48 (1883)
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11
Performers
Laura Moreno – soprano
Israel Moreno – Conductor
María Soledad Ramírez – chamber organ
Escolanía de Sevilla
Programme Note
Requiem - Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
From the age of nine Fauré studied music at the École Niedermeyer, the ‘École de musique religieuse et classique’, where Saint-Saëns was a member of staff. Saint-Saëns was regarded as a progressive teacher, introducing his pupils not only to the music of Bach and Mozart but also to controversial composers such as Wagner and Liszt. Unlike most major French composers, Fauré did not attend the Paris Conservatoire but continued his studies with Saint-Saëns, who greatly encouraged him by putting work his way and helping him to get his music published. The two became lifelong friends and Fauré later said that he owed everything to Saint-Saëns.
Fauré was a fine organist and in 1896 was appointed to the prestigious Madeleine Church in Paris. He was also an excellent teacher, and perhaps because of his renowned expertise as organist and teacher only slowly gained recognition as a composer. He eventually became professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire, and its Director from 1905 to 1920. Although he wrote several works involving a full orchestra, his particular talent lay within the more intimate musical forms – songs, piano music and chamber music. His somewhat austere style and highly individual, impressionistic harmonic language contrasts markedly with the music of the Austro-German tradition which dominated European music from the time of Beethoven until well into the twentieth century. [John Bawden]
The Escolanía de Sevilla, Spain, is a children's and youth chorus, founded by Israel Moreno in 2017. The choir rehearses every week in term time and has been involved in a number of high-profile concerts over the last few years. In 2020 the choir gave a performance of Francisco Guerrero's Vísperas de Reyes. In 2021 the choir collaborated at FeMÀS Festival, Sevilla. In 2023 and 2024 Escolanía de Sevilla sang Byrd's Mass for three voices and Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories.
