Derived from a range of outstanding choral music, my themed Playlists are designed to be like concerts, of about an hour in length.

Listen on YouTube:

Listen on Spotify:

PROGRAM

Click the links for information on the pieces and texts/translations.

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Requiem aeternam (2) (from Requiem)

Eternal rest grant them, O Lord,
And eternal light shine upon them.
                    Requiem Liturgy

Performed by Gabrieli, conducted by Paul McCreesh

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Offertoire (from Requiem in D Minor)

Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
liberate the souls of all the faithful departed
from the pains of hell and from the deep pit;
deliver them from the lion’s mouth;
let not hell swallow them up,
let them not fall into darkness.

Sacrifices and prayers of praise,
O Lord, we offer to thee.
Receive them, Lord, on behalf of those souls
we commemorate this day.
Grant them, O Lord,
to pass from death unto life,
which once thou promised to Abraham
and to his seed. Amen.
                    Requiem Liturgy

Performed by Tenebrae & London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Nigel Short

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Pie Jesu (from Requiem, Op.9)

Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest.
                    Requiem Liturgy

Performed by Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano, Ola Håkansson, cello & Mattias Wager, organ, conducted by Fredrik Malmberg

Edwin Fissinger (1920-1990) 

Lux aeterna

May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord,
in the company of thy saints forever and ever;
for thou art merciful.
Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
                    Requiem Liturgy

Performed by Chamber Choir Trinitatis Kantori, conducted by Per Enevold

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Communio: Lux aeterna (from Requiem in D Minor, K.626)

May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord,
in the company of thy saints forever and ever;
for thou art merciful.
Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
We carry you on soft wide wings.
                    Requiem Liturgy

Performed by Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Barbara Bonney, soprano, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)

Music, When Soft Voices Die (from Prayers and Remembrances)

Text

Performed by True Concord, conducted by Eric Holtan

Donald Grantham (b.1947)

We Remember Them

Text

Performed by Conspirare, conducted by Craig Hella Johnson

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

They Are at Rest

They are at rest.
We may not stir the heav’n of their repose
By rude invoking voice, or prayer addrest
In waywardness to those
Who in the mountain grots of Eden lie,
And hear the fourfold river as it murmurs by.

And soothing sounds
Blending with the neighb’ring waters as they glide;
Posted along the haunted garden’s bounds,
Angelic forms abide,
Echoing, as words of watch, o’er lawn and grove
The verses of that hymn which Seraphs chant above.
                    John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

Performed by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Selig sind die Toten (from Ein deutsches Requiem)

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth:
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours;
and their works do follow them.
                    Revelation 14:13

Performed by Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

Maurice Duruflé

In paradisum (from Requiem)

May the angels lead you into paradise;
May the martyrs welcome you upon your arrival,
and lead you into the holy city of Jerusalem.

May a choir of angels welcome you,
and, with poor Lazarus of old,
may you have eternal rest.
                    Requiem Liturgy

Performed by Swedish Radio Choir & Mattias Wager, organ, conducted by Fredrik Malmberg