Grateful for tonight’s Mozart requiem summer sing with a top notch quartet and the wonderful Oratorio Society of New Jersey. #grateful #summersing #osnj @oratoriosocietynewjersey
“Four years before composing his Requiem, Mozart wrote a letter to his father saying that he saw death as a soothing friend. As the fateful day loomed closer, his feelings seemed to shift. This duality is embodied in the work, from the serene stateliness of the introduction to the terrifying fury of the ‘Dies irae.’”
“Mozart combines serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity into one great lyric improvisation. Over it all hovers the greater spirit that is Mozart’s-the spirit of compassion, of universal love, even of suffering—a spirit that knows no age, that belongs to all ages.” Leonard Bernstein
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