Renaud Capuçon in Fauré's Requiem and Frank Martin's Polyptyque

Streaming live from the Rencontres musicales d'Évian festival, this concert features festival director Renaud Capuçon as both violinist and conductor in a programme built around two unusual sacred works. First, Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, completed in 1890, sees the composer eschewing fire and brimstone to concentrate on a message of consolation and and peace, conveyed by chorus, modest orchestra and just two soloists – here soprano Siobhan Stagg and baritone Benjamin Appl – to create one of his most popular works. Nearly a century later, Swiss composer Frank Martin composed Polyptyque, a sacred concerto written for Yehudi Menuhin and inspired by a polyptych portraying the Passion of Christ.

Soloists: 

Renaud Capuçon (Violin), Siobhan Stagg (Soprano), Benjamin Appl (Baritone)

Ensembles: 

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne