Requiem for the Children (1996)
Requiem Aeternam - A Strange Place - Dies Irae - Liber Scriptus - The Toy Boat - Sanctus - Benedictus - The Wave - Agnus Dei - Grandpop Picking Flowers - Pie Jesu - Life Is Life - In Paradisum - Sleep and Dreams - Libera Me - I Am a Ghost - Requiem
... In Memory of the children who perished in the Oklahoma City Bombing, April 1995 ...
Rishel, Dean (born in 19..) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Dean Rishel Music
, 1997
Number of pages :
162
Description
Text in:
Latin
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
20th century
(1980-1989)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Oratorio
Mood of the piece:
sorrowing ; lively ; poignant ; playful ; angry
Type of Choir:
SSAATTBB + SS (10 mixed + children voices )
Soloist(s):
Soprano (1) / Basse (1) (2 soloist(s))
Instrumentation:
Orchestra
(13 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Piccolo (1) ; Oboe (1) ; Clarinet (1) ; Bassoon (1) ; Trumpet (1) ; Horn (1) ; Trombone (1) ; Keyboard (1) ; Violin (2) ; Viola (3) ; Cello (4) ; Strings ; Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Duration:
60.0 min.
Source of text:
Missa da Requiem
Data about the life of the work:
A tense, sorrowing piece lightened often by the children's poems, set in a Barber-ish style. Tonal and melodic. Children are mostly unison, much divisi in adult parts. Triumphand ending based on heart-rending mel;ody. American folk lullaby "All the Pretty Little Horses" frequently quoted as a kind of lietmotif throughout the piece.
