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Faure's Requiem

KWIT | By Mark Munger

Published July 6, 2015 at 4:32 PM CDT

Perhaps for its depth of feeling or simply for its being a requiem, there is a certain surprise to find that Faure said, "My Requiem was composed for nothing ... for fun, if I may be permitted to say so!" He had such fun for nearly 15 years, composing and revising through the 1880's and 1890's. Our fun in listening will go on much, much longer. Kathleen Battle and Andreas Schmidt are the soloists. Carlo Maria Giulini directs the Philharmonia Orchestra.

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Mark Munger

Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.

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