Mozart 'Requiem' to Be Performed Worldwide on Sept. 11

AP ^ | 7-17-02 | AP

[Pharmboy]

SEATTLE (AP) - Dozens of choirs from across the world have signed up to perform Mozart's "Requiem" on Sept. 11 as part of a rolling concert to honor those lost in the terror attacks. So far, 30 choirs from Europe, Asia, Central America and the United States are scheduled to perform the piece and as many as 125 are considering participation in what organizers are calling the "Rolling Requiem," chairwoman Madeline Johnson said.

Each performance is set to begin at 8:46 a.m. - the time of the first attack on the World Trade Center in New York - starting at the international date line and moving westward into every time zone.

As envisioned by organizers, a list of the names of those who died in the attacks will be given to each performing choir, and each singer will wear a badge with one of the names.

"It's thrilling and very humbling to be involved in this project," Johnson said. "There was so much loss of life, property and trust. This is a counterbalance to some of that loss."

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On the Net:

http://www.rollingrequiem.org

AP-ES-07-17-02 0650EDT

[Pharmboy]

A great choice...should be quite moving. Especially the Lacrimosa.

[wimpycat]

I agree, it is a great piece of music.

[Puppage]

But, won't the Mozart haters be offended Ban the BAROQUE!!!

[Neets]

Pingeroonie toots.

[Utopia]

I'd prefer the original... However Mozart's Dies Irae sequence of the Mass is pretty magnificent.

Good thing the ACLU doesn't know Latin, or there will be lawsuits about the verses ... references to hell fires et all.

I would have picked something a smidge more positive -- I guess dear ol' Beethoven's 9th would have been too predictable.

Now I'll have the melody in my head all day ...

[tal hajus]

IMHO Verdi's Requiem is much more profound and intense and in better keeping with the occasion.

[Savage Beast]

Will they televise the celebratory dancing in the streets in the Islamic theocracies?

[Constitution Day]

You mean like this?

[Savage Beast]

Yeah. That was quick, Con.

[cornelis]

Had a flashback to reading the Silmarilion of Tolkien where the battles are choreographed in music, the evil strains introduced by Melkor to strive with the harmony of Iluvatar and the Ainur. it came into the heart of Melkor to interweave matters of his own imagining that were not in accord with the theme of Ilúvatar, for he sought therein to increase the power and glory of the part assigned to himself.

Lines from Dreyden put to music by Handel also come to mind: From harmony, from heavenly harmony, this universal frame began . . . and music shall untune the sky (Ode to St. Cecilia)

[Wm Bach]

I guess dear ol' Beethoven's 9th would have been too predictable.

There's always Ludwig's "Missa Solemnis" which is really much more upbeat than the title suggests.

For Mozart, the Requiem is hard to beat, and yet I think he does with his own Mass in c moll. There's a particularly heart rending duet between the soprano and oboe, as though each in turn were striving to send their plea higher and higher, closer and more sweetly to God's ear.

[Constitution Day]

Oh, I have that vile bitch's photo bookmarked.

"Why We Fight", you know.

[Savage Beast]

I guess that old bitch will be doing the hula to the Lacrimosa--on September 11 and for eternity in the fiery depths of hell. She should expect to, after such service to the "god" she's been worshipping. Such is the destiny of satanists.

[Constitution Day]

She and her kind will get their comeuppance.

[Savage Beast]

It's hard to imagine hatred of that magnitude--hatred that can overcome the love of God, the fear of hell, the love of one's children, the acknowledgement of worshipping Satan while proclaiming that he is God, and the clear understanding that Satan will destroy and never reward you.

Evil is certainly the ultimate stupidity.

And it is written all over the face of that vile bitch.

[wimpycat]

Albinoni's Adagio in G:

http://mfile.akamai.com/3196/rm/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/usrm/548/254548_1_01.ram?obj=v10420

Samuel Barber's Adagio, Op. 11:

http://mfile.akamai.com/3196/rm/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/usrm/912/23912_1_02.ram?obj=v20205

Both of these are very good. Beethoven's 9th is too, well... joyful, for a September 11th memorial.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Rutter's Requiem is good, too.

[cornelis]

Cimarosa's Missa pro defunctis

[agunther]

Rutter's Requiem is a bit too theatrical, as is the Verdi. However, both have some very moving moments. In contrast, you might want to listen to either the Faure Requiem, especially the Pie Jesu (Sweet Jesus), which was originally scored for organ and boy soprano solo. It has that pure sublime spiritual quality. Not to forget the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) which has that simple, yet consoling melody, as does the 'In Paradisum', which in my opinion underscores the feeling of eternal peace. Equally profound is the Durufle Requiem, which is based on the traditional Gregorian Chant, 'Mass for the Dead'.