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A chorister's reflections
Quam Olim Abrahae "O Lord, to pass from death to that life which of old you promised to Abraham and to his seed.” translation from...
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shu
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Mozart has the power to speak truth with beauty"
The legendary conductotr, Bruno Walter, who had a special relationship with Mozart's music “Truth can be repulsive,” Bruno Walter, a...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem Recordings & References
Last portrait of Mozart, incomplete, by his brother-in-law, Josef Lange Underlined titles are live links Sir Neville Marriner Academy and...
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shu
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CHORAL PERFORMANCE EXPRESSION: MEANINGS AND MODALITIES
Shulamit conducting Mozart Requiem , Dresden, 2011. Shulamit Hoffmann © 2016 Given that expression is often considered the most...
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shu
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Requiem Word-for-Word
Pierre St Hilaire, tenor, writes: "Shulamit, I have brushed my latin and have taken the liberty to do a word-for-word translation of the...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Benedictus and Osanna—with video chat
Benedictus—Fireside video chat Benedictus—Adagio, B flat major, 4/4, 53 mm , r soloists and orchestra. Followed by a second Osanna, also...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Recordare—Solo movement
Inter oves locum praesta, et ab haedis me sequestra, Make a place for me among the sheep, and keep me apart from the goats, Andante, F...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem. Tuba Mirum—Solo Movement
Michelangelo The Last Judgement The Last Judgment (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) is a fresco covering the whole altar wall of the...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Agnus Dei—with video chat
Agnus Dei—d minor-larghetto— ¾— 45 mm. Agnus Dei— Fireside chat video Francisco de Zurbarán, Agnus Dei . Zurbarán was the most...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Sanctus and Osanna—with video chat
Sanctus—Adagio, D major, 10 mm leading to the first Osanna, Allegro, also D major, 27 mm. Sanctus— Fireside chat video Angel with banner,...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Offertory. Hostias—with video chat
Fireside video chat Hostias Hostias—Larghetto, E flat major, 89 mm: Hostias 54 mm; Q uam Olim Abrahae 34 mm Francisco de Zurbarán S...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Offertory. Domine Jesu—with video chat
Domine Jesu—Fireside video chat 8 Luca Giordano The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1666) in the Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna. Michael ,...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Lacrymosa—with video chat
Lacyrmosa Fireside video chat 7 Rogier van der Weyden Descent from the Cross , 1435. Lacyrmosa—Larghetto, D minor, 30 mm. Lacrymosa dies...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Confutatis—with video chat
Confutatis. Fire side video chat 6 Luca Singorelli “ The Condemned in Hell,” fresco in the chapel of S. Brizio, Orvieto, Italy, 1500–02 ....
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Rex Tremendae—with video chat
Rex Tremendae Fireside video chat 5 Jean Cousin le Jeune Le Jugement dernier (1585) Louvre Museum Movement 5—Rex Tremendae—Grave—g...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Sequenz—Dies Irae—with video chat
Fireside video chat 4 Unknown Artist. Detail from The Triumph of Deat h (1440-5), a fresco (240 in × 253 in) in the court of Palazzo...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Kyrie—Movement 2—with video chat
Movement 2 Kyrie Fireside video chat 3 Kyrie Eleison: A depiction of Christ in Byzantine style, surrounded by Greek inscriptions,...
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shu
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Mozart Requiem: Requiem Aeternam—with video chat
Movement I Requiem Aeternam Fireside video chat 2 Requiem Mass , an illustration by Augustus Welby Pugin (1812-1852), English architect...
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shu
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Beauty and Loss
La Mélancolie (c. 1785) by Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://artincontext.org/famous-sad-paint...
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shu
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Choral CONTAGION! Expression in Amateur Ensemble Performance
https://www.thinkers360.com/tl/blog/members/the-power-of-emotional-contagion © Shulamit Hoffmann 2024 A staggeringly high...
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