Co-Presented by the St. Paul’s Choir School and St. Paul’s Parish, Harvard Square
FAURÉ'S REQUIEM:
DEATH IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY
Thursday, November 7
Lecture by Zen Kuriyama
Bates College
Followed by a Memorial Mass for the St. Paul’s Community
With the music of Fauré’s Requiem sung by the Boys and Schola of Saint Paul’s Choir, dir. Brandon Straub
St. Paul’s Church, Cambridge, MA and Livestreamed
Gabriel Faure said of his beloved Requiem: “This is how I view death: namely, as a joyous release, an anticipation of bliss beyond the grave, not as a painful experience.” As a preparation for the annual Memorial Mass of the St. Paul’s community, this lecture with Q&A explores how Faure has shaped the long tradition of prayers for the dead and the rich liturgy of the requiem into this distinctive theological vision and musical experience.
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Gustav Doré, illustration, Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the Empyrean, 19th c.
Zen T. Kuriyama
Zen T. Kuriyama, Assistant Professor of Music at Bates College, is a musicologist, choral conductor, and singer. His cross-disciplinary scholarship engages the fields of musicology, Christian sacred music, liturgical theology, affect theory, and performance, with a focus on nineteenth and twentieth century music in England and France. Professor Kuriyama previously taught Music History at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He received his MSM in choral conducting from Notre Dame, and his MFA and PhD from Brandeis.