[Happy birthday to Gabriel Fauré] Fauré's ultimate work, the Pavane, performed by 12 cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker! Full Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra concert -> http://bit.ly/BerlinPhilMoscow1 | medici.tv

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When Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem, he didn’t do so in response to a personal tragedy, as many assumed. In fact, when asked about its origins, he simply said, “My Requiem wasn’t written for anything… for pleasure, if I may say so!” This was an unusual statement for a composer writing a mass for the dead, especially one as serene and tender as his.Fauré began the piece in 1887, before his mother’s death and two years after his father’s passing. Unlike the dramatic requiems of Verdi or Mozart