Requiem Mass

Oscar Bettison: I wanted to set this big immovable object in the middle of the piece -- it ended up being the fourth movement... in the song "O Death" the idea of the character pleading with the figure of death not to take him away so soon, it's not so different from certain things in the Requiem Mass, although in that sense people are asking for absolution or something like that.

Daniel J. Kushner: SONiC Snapshots: Oscar Bettison and Rebecca Stenn/Konrad Kaczmarek Daniel J. Kushner 2011

Oscar Bettison: I wanted to set this big immovable object in the middle of the piece -- it ended up being the fourth movement... in the song "O Death" the idea of the character pleading with the figure of death not to take him away so soon, it's not so different from certain things in the Requiem Mass, although in that sense people are asking for absolution or something like that.

Daniel J. Kushner: SONiC Snapshots: Oscar Bettison and Rebecca Stenn/Konrad Kaczmarek Daniel J. Kushner 2011

Oscar Bettison: I wanted to set this big immovable object in the middle of the piece -- it ended up being the fourth movement... in the song "O Death" the idea of the character pleading with the figure of death not to take him away so soon, it's not so different from certain things in the Requiem Mass, although in that sense people are asking for absolution or something like that.

Daniel J. Kushner: SONiC Snapshots: Oscar Bettison and Rebecca Stenn/Konrad Kaczmarek Daniel J. Kushner 2011

An exhilarating hybrid of opera, oratorio and orchestral showpiece, Verdi's great Requiem Mass has always been catnip for conductors, singers and recording engineers.

New CDs of Verdi's Requiem Mass: Some powerful, others not up to the task 2010

The Communion song from the Requiem Mass, sung by Giovanni Vianini:

Missa pro Defunctis: Communio bls 2009

The parishioners as usual did their very best and provided not only a respectful celebration of the Requiem Mass but also a warm and friendly reception afterwards at which family and friends could get together.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

Verdi's Requiem Mass is downloadable as a bunch of songs.

Gerald Sindell: iTablet Beta Tester Breaks Embargo 2009

The parishioners as usual did their very best and provided not only a respectful celebration of the Requiem Mass but also a warm and friendly reception afterwards at which family and friends could get together.

Woldingham 2009

There was Requiem Mass in Menton Cathedral day following his death.

St Rose of Lima and the Queenship of Mary 2009

Here is the full version of the old Gregorian Sequence from the Requiem Mass, Dies irae.

Archive 2009-06-01 bls 2009