The Musical World of Gabriel Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande, Élegie, Pavane, and the sublime Requiem

I have poured all my religious imagination into my Requiem, which is permeated from beginning to end by a very human sense of faith in eternal rest.
– Gabriel Fauré

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G. FAURÉ · Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite, Op. 80
G. FAURÉ · Élegie, Op. 24
G. FAURÉ · Pavane, Op. 50
G. FAURÉ · Requiem, Op. 48

“For me, the purpose of music is to lift us as far as possible beyond reality,” said the French composer Gabriel Fauré. This aptly describes the soundscape of his works—gentle, unobtrusive, iridescent, and ethereal. This concert is dedicated to some of his greatest successes: It begins with the orchestral suite from the play *Pelléas et Mélisande*, whose fourth movement was performed at Fauré’s own funeral. Following the melancholic *Élegie* for cello and the famous *Pavane*, the Salzburg Philharmonic, together with the choir, will present Fauré’s *Requiem* as the highlight of the program. Fauré did not compose this Mass for the Dead in a dramatic or theatrical style, but rather in a restrained, sensitive, ethereal, and deeply comforting manner.

Judith Spießer · Soprano
Wilfried Zelinka · Baritone
Nejc Rupnik · Cello
Elisabeth Fuchs · Conductor
Salzburg Philharmonic Choir
Salzburg Philharmonic

Wed, March 24, 2027, 7:30 p.m.

Großer Saal Mozarteum, Salzburg

Each concert is expected to last approximately 120 minutes, including an intermission.