Labadie, a natural to conduct French choral music, brings his choir for two of the most beautiful and comforting settings of the Requiem Mass in existence. In Duruflé’s case, the composer took his country’s strong tradition of Gregorian chant and married it to the liquid harmonies and lush orchestrations of his compatriots Fauré and Debussy.
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Program Items
Fauré
Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 version)commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects
Daruflé
Requiem, Op. 9 (1961 version)
Performers
Bernard Labadie
conductor
Lydia Teuscher
soprano
Jule Boulianne
mezzo-soprano
Jean-François Lapointe
baritone
La Chapelle de Québec