Requiem Songs by David Conte String Orchestra - Digital Sheet Music
By David Conte
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Requiem Songs
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Soprano solo, violin, harp, and organ or string orchestra - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download
SKU: MQ.8068-E
Composed by David Conte. 9/11 Service, Funeral. 24 pages. Duration 12 minutes, 30 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8068-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8068-E).Latin.
Commissioned by the American Music Research Center, Boulder, Colorado, Thomas Riis, director, in loving memory of Don Campbell. The work received its premiere performance at l’Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, on October 24, 2013 by Alexis Galpérine, violin, Magali Léger, soprano, Saori Kikuchi, harp, and Carolyn Shuster Fournier, organist.
The work consists of three Latin texts from the Requiem Mass. The first, Exaudi, is in “Larghetto” tempo and serves as a prelude. The second, Dies Iræ, marked “Allegro agitato,” is an intense and dark scherzo in D minor with chromatic runs in the organ and violin which accompany the soprano. A central, more lyrical section follows based on the “Lacrymosa” text in a slower tempo, leading to the song’s only serene moment: “Pie Jesu Domine.” The “Dies Irae” music returns, and the song ends violently and decisively. The third song, In Paradisum, introduces the harp. The soprano melody is modeled very closely on the Gregorian chant based on this text. A gentle climax occurs on the text “habeas eternam,” and the song slowly winds down to its end, having laid to rest life’s struggles in the eternity of heaven. Duration: 12:30.
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