Temptation to Tranquility

One of the most serene works in the choral tradition, Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, comes face to face with the genre-defying song cycle SEVEN: A Cycle of Sins. In an all-star lineup of composer-lyricist teams spanning opera, Broadway, jazz, and experimental music, each piece confronts a single deadly sin: Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Envy, Wrath, Greed, and Vanity. Conceived as a modern mirror to Fauré’s masterpiece, SEVEN channels the noise and pull of daily struggle, capturing the weight of being human. In his Requiem, however, Fauré offers something we rarely get to feel: stillness. Setting aside judgment and fire, Fauré composed a work of quiet reassurance—proof that peace isn’t something that waits for us at the end, but something we can find in the midst of living.
PERFORMERS
VocalEssence Chorus
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Orchestra
Philip Brunelle, conductor
G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor
TICKETS & INFO
https://www.vocalessence.org/event/concert-temptation-to-tranquility/