Classical Music / Sacred Music: Requiem
Verdi's Requiem is one of the most famous of the Catholic funeral mass. Requiems are traditionally a Roman Catholic mass to honour the dead. This work was composed by Giuseppe Verdi in memory of the Italian poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni, who was profoundly admired by Verdi. It was first performed in Milan Cathedral on 22 May 1874 on the first anniversary of Manzoni's death.
Complete with thrilling symphonic score, virtuosic solo moments, and dramatic libretto, Verdi's Requiem tells of the fate of the living who fear death and beg for deliverance.
Featured videos:
Leontyne Price sings "Libera me" from Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi. La Scala Orchestra & Chorus. Roberto Benaglio, Chorusmaster. Herbert von Karajan, Conductor 1967. YouTube, uploaded by Addiobelpassato. Accessed April 20, 2023.
Proms 2016 - Verdi's Requiem [Marin Alsop, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment]. Youtube, uploaded by hollowchatter. Accessed May 22, 2020. It's beautiful, the best performance I found at Youtube. The soloists in "Have mercy" bring out the passion in it. To listen and reflect on the message as the choir, soloists, and orchestra sing with such passion, connected by conductor Maestra Marin, is simply breathtaking. Beautiful. Divine!
Considered too operatic to be performed in a liturgical setting, it is usually given in concert form of around 90 minutes in length. Musicologist David Rosen calls it "probably the most frequently performed major choral work composed since the compilation of Mozart's Requiem" (Wiki)
The parts of a Verdi Requiem Mass include:
- 1. Requiem
- Introit (chorus)
- Kyrie (soloists, chorus)
- 2. Dies irae
- Dies irae (chorus)
- Tuba mirum (chorus)
- Mors stupebit (bass)
- Liber scriptus (mezzo-soprano, chorus – chorus only in original version)
- Quid sum miser (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor)
- Rex tremendae (soloists, chorus)
- Recordare (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
- Ingemisco (tenor)
- Confutatis maledictis (bass, chorus)
- Lacrymosa (soloists, chorus)
- 3. Offertory
- Domine Jesu Christe (soloists)
- Hostias (soloists)
- 4. Sanctus (double chorus)
- 5. Agnus Dei (soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus)
- 6. Lux aeterna (mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass)
- 7. Libera me (soprano, chorus)
- Libera me
- Dies irae
- Requiem aeternam
- Libera me
Resource:
Requiem (Verdi). en.wikipedia.org.
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