Requiem

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart called death » man’s best friend « and had no idea that he would die before he could complete his last great work. His Requiem is one of a long series of musical works that capture the church’s rite of farewell in sound, accompanying it with tones, giving it a form that goes beyond the text and reinforces its ritual character. Rituals of farewell, rituals of new beginnings: an attempt to find support and thereby gain new p...