Sept. 11 dead honored on Wednesday, 8:46 a.m. your time zone: Rolling Mozart Requiem

9/9/02 | self

[Havisham]

We will be participating in the requiem in Tucson, Arizona. Tune in to your classical radio affiliate (probably NPR) to hear a local performance or concert recording.

Even the ultra-libs at NPR couldn't nix this broadcast which like all requiems--that is, masses for the dead-- is a prayer for Christ's mercy on the day of judgment.

I highly recommend a glance at this translation of this solemn choral mass.
http://www.geocities.com/tusmwchorale/translation.pdf

Hold your nose for the obligatory multicultural references if you go to this site.
http://www.rollingrequiem.org/

[ELS]

Here are some events in NYC:

Return to Paradise
September 7
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center (212-721-6500)
Music-theater opera by Chinese-American composer Soong Fu-Yuan portrays a cross-cultural couple's experiences during and after September 11.

Musicians for Harmony
September 10
Merkin Concert Hall
129 W. 67th St. (212-501-3330)
The Guarneri Quartet, the Juilliard Quartet, the Shanghai Quartet, and the newly formed Middle Eastern ensemble Musique Sans Frontières present a concert for peace.

AfterImages
September 11
Dixon Place at Vineyard 26
309 E. 26th St. (212-532-1546)
Marathon of reflective dance and performance art brings together 34 artists from across the spectrum.

Choral Society of Grace Church
September 11
Grace Church
Broadway nr. 10th St. (212-254-2000)
Performs Fauré's Requiem.

Holy Trinity Choir
September 11
Church of the Holy Trinity
316 E. 88th St. (212-289-4100)
Performs Mozart's Requiem.

The Juilliard School
September 11; Kaplan Penthouse and Juilliard Theater, Lincoln Center
1: Juilliard Theater, Lincoln Center. 6: Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center (212-769-7406)
Offers a community sing (open to the public) of Mozart's Requiem at 1 and a program of restorative song and poetry (tickets required) at 6.

Staten Island Buddhist Vihara Monks
September 11
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
338 Lighthouse Ave., Staten Island (718-987-3500)
Chanting from 2 to 5 in memory of the World Trade Center victims and calling for peace.

St. Francis Choir and Orchestra
September 11
St. Francis of Assisi Church
135 W. 31st St. (212-736-8500)
Joins with other city choirs for Fauré's Requiem in memory of Fire Department chaplain Mychal Judge.

[cyncooper]

I want to see all our former Presidents united behind him because we need that kind of healing.

Too late to see *all* of our former Presidents unite behind President Bush. Clinton was bashing him just a few days ago for not finishing the job with bin Laden before making the case to press on to Iraq.

Oh, he may, and probably will, mouth some words saying he supports the current administration, but he doesn't. Anybody can see he doesn't.

[cyncooper]

Remembering 9/11 this week. Some tips on what will be happening.

[brewcrew]

From Tom Strini of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:

Richard Hynson, music director of the Bel Canto Chorus, has organized a local Mozart Requiem. Sign up by calling the Bel Canto office. The performance, at the Basilica of St. Josaphat, 2333 S. 6th St., will be open and free to the public.

The audience will likely be small for a thrown-together performance at 8:46 a.m., but that's beside the point. You don't have to hear a Rolling Requiem to take comfort in its existence.

Remember that those responsible for the atrocities of Sept. 11 hate music and helped to ban it in Afghanistan. In Kabul, musicians are playing again. And while Mozart's Requiem resounds around the globe Wednesday, the surviving plotters will cower in caves. Music wins, fanatics lose.

[Mercat]

What a wonderful thing. I'm going to go buy a copy today. Right now I'm listening to the Faure Requiem. I also love the Andrew Lloyd Webber Requiem.

[Prince Caspian]

I'll be singing the Mozart Requiem with the Stockton Chorale at University of the Pacific campus Wed. at 7:00 pm. (A wonderful composition... the chorus gets all the good stuff - unlike, for example, Verdi's Requiem where the soloists have all the fun).

[Ligeia]

Concerts in Arlington, next to the U.S. Marine Corp Memorial, September 11

[Bigg Red]

Most of the events you list sound like they will be blame America events. The "newly formed Middle Eastern ensemble Musique Sans Frontières" especially makes me suspicious. Probably related to the America hating Doctors Without Borders.

[Bigg Red]

Clinton was bashing him just a few days ago...

Did you catch Cheney's rebuttal on the Timmy show? It was beautiful!

[Poohbah]

I understand that the Pentagon will be ready for reoccupation on Wednesday.

[Bigg Red]

Thank you for posting that picture. I needed to see it again.

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for the ping, friend.

[ELS]

Here's the transcript of Meet the Press, Sept. 8, 2002

[cyncooper]

Did you catch Cheney's rebuttal on the Timmy show? It was beautiful!

I did and it was!!!

He even got a subtle slam on Tim in when he pulled the paper out of his pocket and said (paraphrase) that he knew Tim liked to use props so he (Cheney) had brought a prop of his own. All said in his serious VP voice. Love him.

[Havisham]

Well said. Thank you, brewcrew (:^)

[cyncooper]

Thanks to ELS for the transcript. Here's the exact quote of his reference to "props":

VICE PRES. CHENEY: I brought along a little piece of paper with me, Tim. You always have props, so I brought one with me this morning,

[Havisham]

Note that neither France or Germany are participating in this project. Also note the strong participation of the Eastern Europeans and the Russians.

I didn't know, am not surprised and yet disgusted just the same.

[Bigg Red]

I also love Cheney. I even named my cat after him because when we got him 1)our shouts of "Get out of Cheney's house" were still ringing in our ears, and 2) like Cheney, my cat is grey and wise. (I hope the VP wouldn't be insulted.)

[cyncooper]

like Cheney, my cat is grey and wise. (I hope the VP wouldn't be insulted.)

I find this to be absolutely charming!

I am sure he (the veep) would not be insulted in the least.

[Havisham]

Actually, NPR plays quite a bit of religious-themed music. I've heard several requiems, Masses, Bach chorales, and the like on NPR. They also play "Seven Lesson And Carols" every Christmas Eve, and lots of nice stuff on Easter Sunday.

To which I say it's a sop to their duped 'members'. Somehow, I can't see NPR relishing this loss of control to Middle America even if it is only for an hour on the most important day of 2002.