Saint-Saëns’s Third Violin Concerto—from its flights into the stratosphere of the violin’s register, to the finale’s whimsical flourishes—showed the composer to be a master of violin composition. Music by his countryman Gabriel Fauré completes our all-French program: the serene Requiem, once called “a lullaby of death” and “a Requiem without the Last Judgment” for its gentle nature and sublime choral writing; and Pavane, a brief work of surpassing beauty that opens the concert and includes its haunting flute solo.
Cast and Creative Team for Fauré's Requiem at NAC Southam Hall
Pinchas Zukerman conductor
A. Timothy Chooi violin
Arianna Zukerman soprano
Russell Braun baritone
Ottawa Choral Society
Cantata Singers of Ottawa
Ewashko Singers
Ottawa Festival Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus master
Laurence Ewashko assistant chorus master
