‘The human soul dreams of being cradled like a child’ — Fauré’s Requiem offers a radiant and tender vision of heaven, comforting audiences far beyond the composer’s original Parisian congregation.

Grace Cathedral in San Francisco performed Gabriel Faure's Requiem on Veterans Day, and broke with tradition, dedicating the music not just to fallen soldiers, but to all souls. Nathanael Johnson of ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. From its origins in the 11 th century as a framework to deal with grief, the Requiem is still vital and ...