[Desdemona]

Verdi's Requiem is a bit much for most.

yeah, yeah.

Use a string quartet on the voice lines in the Ave Verum. Just like it was originally scored.

Right. I should know better than to mess with Mozart. But largo? Rather than a slow andante (like it's usually sung)?

[ninenot]

The best way to interpret it is as Mozart wrote it: near his death. I've done it both ways, and like the Largo better.