Fauré's Requiem

I went to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra tonight.

The VSO website described tonight's offering as follows:

Maestro Bramwell Tovey presents a performance of  Fauré’s luminous and profoundly beautiful Requiem. Stravinsky’s deeply moving Symphony of Psalms and Haydn’s rich and aristocratic Military Symphony set the stage for Fauré’s choral masterpiece.

• Conductor / Performers

  Bramwell Tovey conductor
  Nathalie Paulin soprano*
  David John Pike baritone*
  Phoenix Chamber Choir *
  UBC University Singers *
  Graeme Langager chorus director
  
  

• Repertoire

  Stravinsky
  Symphony of Psalms*
  Haydn
  Symphony No. 100 in G Major, Military
  Fauré
  Requiem*
  
  
  
  
  

  Just before the choral masterpiece the Maestro gave a few touching words about the loss of innocent lives in Paris and other parts of the world earlier in the week. He also encouraged concert goers to give a few moments of silence after the choral requiem. 

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  I apologize for the quality of the photos which were taken with my cell phone. I was fumbling and inadvertently had the flash on. I wasn't quick enough to adjust things before all the final bows were finished.
  
  
  
  
  
   Afterwards I walked to my bus stop to make my way home. I passed by this building which is obviously light up in honour of France like many buildings around the world.