Requiem in memory of my mother (1926-2008), and Donna Lea Wright (1959-2009) God bless you both. I miss you. For SATB chorus with chamber orchestra (2,2,2,2) (2,2,0,0) strings and percussion
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Requiem Eternam
Requiem ternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus Deus, in Sion
Exaudi orationem meam;
Requiem ternam.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
A hymn becomes you, O God, in Zion.
Hear my prayer!
Eternal rest.
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Kyrie Eleison.
Christe Eleison.
Lord have mercy.
Christe have mercy.
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Dies, dies irae!
Dies, Dies illa!
Dies irae, dies illa!
Solvet saeclum in favilla
teste David cum Sibylla.
Kyrie Eleison!
Christe Eleison!
Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando iudex est venturus
cuncta stricte discussurus!
Day of wrath, a day that the world will dissolve in ashes, as foretold by David and the Sibyl!
Lord have mercy.
Christe have mercy.
How great a tremor is to be,
when the judge is to come
briskly shattering every (grave).
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Tuba mirum spargens sonum
per sepulcra regionum,
coget omnes ante thronum.
Mors stupebit et natura,
cum resurget creatura
iudicanti responsura.
Liber skriptus proferetur,
in quo totum continetur
unde mundus iudicetur.
judex ergo cum sedebit,
quicquid latet apparebit;
nil inultum remanebit.
A trumpet sounding
an astonishing sound
through the tombs of the region
drives all before the throne.
Death will be stunned
and (so) will Nature,
when arises (man) the creature
responding to the One judging.
The written book will be brought forth,
in which the whole (record of evidence) is contained
whence the world is to be judged.
Therefore when the Judge shall sit,
whatever lay hidden will appear;
nothing unavenged will remain.
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Lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla
judicandus homo reus:
huic ergo parce, Deus.
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?
Quem patronum rogaturus,
cum vix justus sit securus?
That sorrowful day,
on which will arise from the burning coals
Man accused to be judged:
therefore, O God, do Thou spare him.
What am I the wretch then to say?
what patron I to beseech?
when scarecly the just (man) be secure.
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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth; pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Hosanna in excelsis.
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts;
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest
Blessed is the one who comes
in the name of the Lord
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem,
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem,
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem sempiternam.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them rest, rest eternal.
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Lux terna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in ternum, quia pius es. Requiem ternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Amen.
May everlasting light shine upon them, O Lord, with your saints forever, for you are faithful. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may everlasting light shine upon them.
Amen.