... throughout earth's sepulchres and gather all before the throne."
- From The Requiem in D minor, K. 626 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
(Nothing to do with Richard playing at any ANZAC Day parades.)
We went to hear Mozart's Requiem at the Michael Fowler Centre last evening.
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| I don't know who the tart is but she's certainly not Mozart |
This is the first time that I have been at a performance of the Requiem from start to finish and thought it beautiful. The Wellington Orchestra and the Orpheus Choir did a really good job with it.
I'm not sure which bits were Mozart's and which were add-ons by other composers after his death but imagine that the most lyrical, delicate and downright ethereal were his.
I've heard bits of the Requiem played in film scores for films like The Big Lebowski, Eyes Wide Shut, Come And See and of course Amadeus which I've liked and why we decided to go to this performance.
I know nothing of Christopher Tin and fortunately the Requiem occupied to first half of the concert so we left at the interval to make our way home on a dreary and wet Wellington evening, pleased to have heard some wonderful music but not inspired enough by all the religious mumbo-jumbo to go the church this morning.
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"I know nothing of Christopher Tin and fortunately the Requiem occupied to first half of the concert so we left at the interval..."
Proofread! Please!
Go and have a chardonnay. It might cheer you up.
I guess that drinking cleanskins means that you don't get upset at finding grammatical errors on the labels.
Me?
I’ve decided to get pissed this afternoon, two glasses of an excellent Chardonnay down (Babich Irongate), dinner pre-prepared and now I feel like another glass. I’ll check the ‘cellar’.
Did you make a music video then?
I kind of agree with you about this thing of singing everything in Mass. Some say it's praying twice; I feel it's often more of a case of a spectacular recitive performance.
That religious mumbo-jumbo is the offering of the sacrifice Jesus made to appease the Father. Yes it does sound like the Father is still miffed at the way us ungrateful neanderthal's are carrying on. Thanks Lord Jesus for giving us something to get back on the Father's good side.
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