NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY: FAURE's REQUIEM WITH JACQUES LACOMBE

Sunday, April 02, 2023 @ 3:00pm

State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Jacques Lacombe conductor

Montclair State University Chorale | Heather J. Buchanan, director

New Jersey Symphony

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin

Written during the horrors World War I, Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin is a bright reflection on lives lost during the war, with each movement dedicated to a friend who passed. The composer draws on the woodwind section—particularly the oboe—to tell these stories.

Walker Lilacs

George Walker—a longtime Montclair resident—was among the greatest composers to call the Garden State home, and in 1996, he became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music. It was this passionate work for soprano and orchestra that garnered him that grand distinction.

Fauré Requiem

This divine choral-orchestral masterpiece focuses Fauré’s view on the acceptance of a peaceful death. Past Music Director Jacques Lacombe, whose tenure was marked by powerful vocal performances, returns to lead this exquisite work.