COMPOSER’S NOTE

Requiem Aeternam is the third ‘movement’ from my Lazarus Requiem.  Like many previous settings of the Requiem, for example Campra and Duruflé, this is based on the original plainsong of the Missa pro defunctis (Mass of the Dead).  This captivating melody, with its innate sense of pleading appears first of all in the tenor and bass lines and is then taken up by the whole choir accompanied by lush strings.  With the words ‘lux perpetua’ comes a more optimistic mood and thicker choral textures.

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