Good Friday Concert and Service
Faure's Requiem with Second Baptist Church and Eliot Chapel Choirs
For Immediate Release __ March 24, 2009
Good Friday Concert and Service
April 10, 7:30 pm
In the Sanctuary of the Beatitudes of Second Baptist Church
9030 Clayton Road at McKnight Road, ½ mile west of the St. Louis Galleria
Free adjacent, lighted parking – Child care provided
Join us as the choirs of Second Baptist Church and Eliot Chapel present
Gabriel Faure’s Requiem
Under the direction of Bradley Short
Marilyn Short, organist with orchestral accompaniment
Emily Heslop, soprano soloist & Leon Burke III, baritone soloist
www.2ndbc.org 314/991-3424
A Requiem “as Gentle as I am myself” – Gabriel Faure
The public is invited to attend our Good Friday service on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in which the choirs of Second Baptist Church and Eliot Chapel are presenting Faure’s Requiem. This piece consists of seven movements, about 40 minutes in length, and will be sung in Latin. Bradley Short will be conducting, and the accompaniment will be provided by organ (Marilyn Short), harp, two French horns, violin, two violas, two cellos, and bass. Emily Heslop will be the soprano soloist, and Leon Burke III from Eliot Chapel will be the baritone soloist.
Background on Faure’s Requiem:
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) began working on what would become perhaps his best known work in 1887. At the time, there was no stated reason for his working on a Requiem while employed at the prosperous church of the Madeleine in Paris. One only assumes that with the loss of his father in 1885 and then his mother 1887, that his thoughts would naturally turn toward such a work. However, what might not have been expected was the gentle and deeply personal work that emerged over the next several years and finally settled into the much beloved master work that even today moves both singers and listeners alike.
Posted by Linda Novak on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:43:57 | Article Path: Home: About: Press Releases: Good Friday Concert and Service
