Requiem
In Progress (2027)
3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - 2 hp - str - SATB choir
70 minutes
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Requiem is a setting of the traditional Latin mass text for choir and large orchestra. It makes use of the entire Requiem text in order, and is dedicated to North’s father, Alan (though he is far from dead yet).
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Introit
Kyrie
Gradual
Tract
Dies Irae
Offertory
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Lux Aeterna
Pie Jesu
Libera Me
In Paradisum
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I have felt a deep fondness and connection to the musical Requiem ever since I first heart Mozart’s as a child; the opportunity to sing in Britten’s War Requiem at a performance in Sheffield Cathedral in 2001 cemented this love. For years since, I have wanted to write one, but it was only in the past few years that I felt adequate to the task.
In particular, I wanted to pay homage to my father, whose own love of classical music was a youthful inspiration to me, introducing me as he did to Mozart, and Beethoven, and Brahms, and more. However, it was important to me that this not be a funeral work; I wanted him to hear it, to experience it before he died, so that I could, in a way, thank him for the inspiration that led me to where I am today.
That performance has yet to happen, but luckily my father also has yet to die, so there is still opportunity in the future!
