FAURÉ REQUIEM 7:00 pm on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church (12 C Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84103), featuring the Chancel Choirs of First Presbyterian Church, Wasatch Presbyterian Church, and Christ United Methodist Church.
Program
Fauré Centennial
Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11 Gabriel Fauré (1845- 1924)
Combined Choirs, dir. Logan Bingham
Pavane, op. 50 Fauré
Jane Hereim, flute
Tantum ergo, op. 65 Fauré
Maddie Cavaness-Furlong, Rachel Dodge, and Cassandra Kerr
Requiem, op. 48 Fauré
I. Introit and Kyrie II. Offertory III. Sanctus
IV. Pie Jesu V. Agnus Dei VI. Libera Me VII. In Paradisum
Combined Choirs, dir. Logan Bingham and Alla Keoppel
Lexie Davis and Bennett Chew, soloists
Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11 Gabriel Fauré (1845- 1924)
Combined Choirs, dir. Logan Bingham
Pavane, op. 50 Fauré
Jane Hereim, flute
Tantum ergo, op. 65 Fauré
Maddie Cavaness-Furlong, Rachel Dodge, and Cassandra Kerr
Requiem, op. 48 Fauré
I. Introit and Kyrie II. Offertory III. Sanctus
IV. Pie Jesu V. Agnus Dei VI. Libera Me VII. In Paradisum
Combined Choirs, dir. Logan Bingham and Alla Keoppel
Lexie Davis and Bennett Chew, soloists
Texts and Translations
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Cantique de Jean Racine
Verbe égal au Très-Haut, notre unique espérance Jour éternel De la paisible nuit, nous rompons le silence Divin sauveur, jette sur nous les yeux Répands sur nous le feu de ta grâce puissante Que tout l'enfer fuit au son de ta voix Dissipe le sommeil d'une âme languissante Qui la conduit à l'oubli de tes lois Ô Christ, sois favorable à ce peuple fidèle Pour te bénir Reçois les chants qu'il offre à ta gloire immortelle Et de tes dons qu'il retourne comblé |
Word, equal to the Highest, Our only Hope Eternal day of the earth and heavens, We break the silence of the peaceful night; Divine Savior, cast your eyes upon us! Spread over us the fire of your powerful grace, That all hell may flee at the sound of your voice; Dispel the slumber of a languishing soul, That drives us to forget your laws. O Christ, show favor to this faithful people now assembled In order to thank you now. Accept the songs they offer to your immortal glory; And may they go forth filled with your gifts. |
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Tantum ergo
Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui: Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui: Præstet fides supplementum Sensuum defectui. Genitori, Genitoque Laus et iubilatio, Salus, honor, virtus quoque Sit et benedictio: Procedenti ab utroque Compar sit laudatio. Amen. |
Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, newer rites of grace prevail; faith for all defects supplying, where the feeble senses fail. To the everlasting Father, and the Son who reigns on high, with the Holy Ghost proceeding forth from Each eternally, be salvation, honor, blessing, might and endless majesty. Amen. |
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Introit and Kyrie
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet. Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. |
Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and may light perpetual shine on them, A hymn becomes You, God, in Zion, and to you may be paid a vow in Jerusalem Hear my prayer, to You all flesh shall come. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. |
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Offertory
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu, de ore leonis, ne absorbeat tartarus ne cadant in obscurum Hostias et preces tibi, Domine laudis offerimus: tu suscipe pro animabus illis, quarum hodie memoriam facimus. Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam, quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus. Amen. |
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of the departed from the punishment of hell and from the deep pit, from the mouth of the lion, nor may they be absorbed by hell, nor may they fall into darkness. Sacrifice and prayer to You, Lord in praise we offer: receive for those souls whom today we commemorate. Allow them, Lord, to pass from death to life, which once to Abraham You promised and to his seed. Amen. |
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Sanctus
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra Gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis |
Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of hosts. Full are the heavens and the earth of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. |
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Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem; dona eis sempiternam requiem. |
Blessed Lord Jesus, grant them rest; grant them everlasting rest. |
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Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem sempiternam, Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine cum sanctis tuis in aeternam, quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. |
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them everlasting rest. Light eternal–may it shine on them, Lord, with your saints in eternity, You who are merciful. Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and light perpetual–may it shine on them. |
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Libera Me
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna in die illa tremenda quando coeli movendi sunt et terra, dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem. Tremens factus sum ego et timeo, dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira. Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae, dies illa, dies magna et amara valde. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. |
Deliver me, Lord, from death eternal in that terrible day, when the heavens shall be moved and the earth, when You shall come to judge the world by fire. With trembling I am seized and with fear, until the trial to come, also the coming wrath. That day, day of wrath, calamity and misery, that day, great day and exceedingly bitter. Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and light perpetual–may it shine on them. |
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In Paradisum
In paradisum deducant angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro, quondam paupere, aeternam habeas requiem. |
To paradise may the angels lead you; at your coming may the martyrs receive you and bring you to the holy city, Jerusalem. May the angel chorus receive you and with Lazarus, once a pauper, eternally may you have rest. |
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First Presbyterian Chancel Choir
Directed by Alla Keoppel
Wasatch Presbyterian Chancel Choir
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Udy Bill Potter Don Drew Doug Hess Georgi Donovan Jackie Solon Emilie Hess Ashley Pennewell Mike Babbitt Judy Drew Jana Waagen Louann Tyler Jane Hereim Amy Bennett Pat Homer Sally A. Stewart Ken Simpson June Taylor |
Christ United Methodist Chancel Choir
Directed by Logan Bingham Ruth Burkett Gina Rieke Edward “Ted” Itchon Donald Cash Cassandra Kerr Bill Nissen Suzanne Nissen Sharon Balch Fred Balch Maddie Cavaness-Furlong Dale McCormick Rebecca Jensen Instrumentalists
Marian Florence, violin Anamae Anderson, harp Rachel Dodge, viola Shelby Fisher, organ About the Composer
Gabriel Fauré shaped the course of modern French music with his refined style. As professor of composition (and later director) at the Paris Conservatory he influenced many students including Maurice Ravel, Georges Enesco, and Nadia Boulanger. Fauré wrote for nearly every branch of music, including symphonic and chamber works, solo instrumental music, art songs, and incidental music for several lyric dramas; however he is best known for his sacred choral compositions, including the Requiem, written in 1887. Fauré’s setting of the “mass for the dead” differs from the operatic, large-scale requiems popular in his day in its simplicity and lyricism. In a 1902 interview Fauré stated, “It has been said that my Requiem does not express the fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than as a painful experience.” |
