Gabriel Fauré: En prière (In Prayer)

"Do not abandon me. Give me the needed gentleness to ease suffering"

On this Passion Sunday, Mark’s Gospel shows Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane while the disciples wait, or rather, sleep. Though the text of this prayer is Bourdèse’s, the image of Jesus desiring Calvary in order to ease suffering seems so organic and so appropriate for today.

• Video (Sonia Theodoridou) – YouTube
• Text (Stéphan Bordèse) & Translation – recmusic.org
• Score – WIMA