November 3, 5:00 – 6:00 pm
The St. Thomas Episcopal Church and Music Guild present:
Concert of Remembrance: Requiem by Gabriel Fauré
Sunday, November 3 | 5:00pm
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina
8398 NE 12th Street, Medina, Washington, 98039
*Admission is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis, and there are no reservations. Free will donations will be accepted and go towards keeping Music Guild concerts at St. Thomas free and accessible to all.*
Natalie Ingrisano, soprano
Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
St. Thomas Choir
Guest conductor, organist, and chamber orchestra
Gabriel Faure’s Requiem is a sublime and tender expression of grief and hope. The composer himself once observed in a letter to a friend that he viewed death “as a happy deliverance, an aspiration to happiness above rather than as a painful experience.” The music he created in this requiem mass setting is the very embodiment of that philosophy. Fauré described his Requiem as “a lullaby of death,” in part inspired by the death of his parents in the 1880s.
Seattle-based artist Baso Fibonacci’s powerful art installation, Seattle’s Got The Blues, will be on display in the sanctuary of St. Thomas on November 3rd as part of their All Saints’ and All Souls’ commemorations in tandem with the performance of the Faure Requiem. The installation memorializes those who died as a result of fentanyl overdoses in Seattle in 2023. The artist, Fibonacci, will be in attendance at the performance to present the art installation.
To learn more about Fibonacci’s art installation, visit: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattles-baso-fibonacci-paints-on-fentanyl-foil-to-make-a-point/
Donate to help keep Music Guild concerts at St. Thomas free and accessible to all: stthomasmedina.org/musicguild
