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Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem with Meryl Streep

Dream Requiem: Meryl Streep is the narrator in the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright's setting of the Latin requiem mass, plus Byron's apocalyptic poem Darkness.

Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem from Paris with Meryl Streep as the narrator.

Soprano Anna Prohaska joins the choruses and Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France in the world premiere of singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem. Written during the pandemic, it's a requiem "for the people we have lost in this crisis, for the past from which we are cut off and for the future to which we do not yet know how to connect, a Requiem for human contact, solidarity and the human voice that have all become dangerous and contagious." It's also a reflection on environmental collapse and the increase in the number of natural disasters. The text of Dream Requiem weaves together words from the Latin Mass for the Dead - as used by his hero Verdi - with Lord Byron's apocalyptic poem "Darkness," written after the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 and which brought about "the year without summer."

Introduced by Andrew McGregor

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem (World Premiere)

Meryl Streep (narrator)
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Radio France Children's Chorus (Maîtrise de Radio France)
Radio France Chorus
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikko Franck, conductor

Commissioned by Radio France, Royal Ballet London, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Palau de la Musica Catalana Barcelona, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Helsinski Philharmonic Orchestra and Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest.
Recorded 14/06/2024 Auditorium, Radio France

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Jul 2024 19:30
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  • Rufus Wainwright

    Dream Requiem

    Performer: Radio France Children's Chorus. Performer: Chœur de Radio France. Narrator: Meryl Streep. Singer: Anna Prohaska. Conductor: Mikko Franck.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: I. Prologue

    Performer: Richard Watkins.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: II. Pastoral

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Lyricist: Charles Cotton. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Strings. Director: Markus Däunert.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: III. Nocturne

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Lyricist: Alfred Tennyson. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Strings. Director: Markus Däunert.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: IV. Elegy

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Lyricist: William Blake. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Strings. Director: Markus Däunert.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: V. Dirge

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Lyricist: Anonymous. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Strings. Director: Markus Däunert.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
    • Linn Records.
    • 5.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: VI. Hymn

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Lyricist: Ben Jonson. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Strings. Director: Markus Däunert.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: VII. Sonnet

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Lyricist: John Keats. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Strings. Director: Markus Däunert.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
    • Linn Records.
    • 7.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: VIII. Épilogue

    Performer: Richard Watkins.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
    • Linn Records.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A minor, D.784

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Jul 2024 19:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3