Stuber

Teenage Angst - by Thomas Stuber (2008)

The film tells about a group of adolescents about their violence in the closure of schools over the same as they are about teenage aggression. All 4 guys, the main characters in the film - from wealthy families who attend charter schools in Germany and come together to form something like a gang, with their sexual rituals, and their games become increasingly dangerous. As usual, stronger boys dominate the weak, hurt and humiliate them …

Among the sacred works for voice and orchestra that feature in the present release, only the Requiem has any bearing on the duties that Fauré performed as choirmaster and organist at the Madeleine in Paris between 1877 and 1906. Practically all of the works that he wrote for the Madeleine included an organ accompaniment. Fauré found his duties at the church constricting. Even when he wrote his Requiem, which strikes such a singular note, it was to distance himself from the sort of liturgical music with which he was habitually involved. “As to my Requiem,” he explained in 1902 with reference to his most famous work, “I have also instinctively sought to escape from what is thought right and proper, after all the years of accompanying burial services on the organ! I know it all by heart. I wanted to write something different.” We should not forget that Fauré did not believe in God, which perhaps prevented him from blossoming as a church composer. Despite this, the present programme explores an interesting facet of his work.