"Sanctus" from Fauré's Requiem (Op. 48)

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Sabaoth,
Heaven and earth are filled with thy glory.
Hosanna in the highest.

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Composition: Fauré's Requiem (Op. 48)
Composer: Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)

Gabriel Fauré was a major figure in late 19th century and early 20th century classical music in France. A student of the great Camille Saint-Saëns, he became an important teacher to many notable composers of the modern French school, including Maurice Ravel, George Enescu, and Nadia Boulanger. Born in the first half of the 19th century and living well into the 20th, Fauré represents a kind of bridge between the lush, rich harmonic idiom of the Romantics and the innovative styles of the modern era. Fauré was satisfied to gently expand the palette of harmonic convention, but never threw off the influence of his forbears. He was a longtime church musician and organist, and one can hear the echo of 19th century expressive gestures mingled with the supple lines of Gregorian chant in his distinctive style.

The _Requiem_ was a masterpiece long in the making. Fauré began the work in 1888, and gradually expanded it over the next decade, finally completing it in 1900. The Sanctus, featured here, was written during the first stage in 1888. Of the work, Fauré said, "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." The _Requiem_ was performed at Fauré's own funeral in 1924 but would not have its American debut until 1931 in a student performance in Philadelphia. Despite these modest beginnings, the work has become a staple of the choral