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Eternal Light
A Requiem

Goodall, Howard

Product Number
56-0002*
MorningStar Music Publishers
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Eternal Light (Vocal/Choral Score) - 56-0002
$14.00
Eternal Light (Reduced Version Full Score) - 56-0002A
$59.00
Eternal Light (Reduced Version Parts) - 56-0002B
$45.00
Eternal Light: A Requiem (CD Recording) - CD-72-HG
$16.00
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Product Number56-0002*
Sales RestrictionsThis item is for sale in North America ONLY.
Composer/ArrangerGoodall, Howard
Text AuthorFletcher, Phineas; McCrae, John; Newman, John Henry; Quarles, Francis; Thorp, Ann; Frye, Mary Elizabeth
Voicing & InstrumentsSoprano Solo, Tenor and/or Baritone Soloists, SATB Chorus with [Piano] or [Keyboards, Harp and Strings] or [Piano, Harp, Organ]
InstrumentationReduced Version: Piano, Harp, Organ
Orchestra: Piano, Harp, Organ, Strings
Rental DeptOrchestra score and parts available for rental. Click here to request a quote or order.
DifficultyMedium
Text LanguageEnglish, Latin
Special Services/OccasionsTenebrae
Topics (Sacred)Lament/Grief/Sorrow, Heaven
Topics (Secular)Death/Loss/Remembrance/Afterlife, War/Peace/Unity
Popular Choral SearchesMulti-Movement Work: 30+ min, Requiem
Liturgical YearLent, Triduum/Three Days
Traditional TextsRequiem
Duration40:00
PublisherMorningStar Music Publishers
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Eternal Light: A Requiem is arranged for an accompanied mixed voices choir with soprano, tenor and baritone solo options. It is by the award-winning British composer and internationally acclaimed broadcaster, Howard Goodall, and is a stunning new Requiem for the modern day. It is intended to provide solace to the grieving, reflecting on the words of the Latin Mass by juxtaposing them with poems in English. Speaking about the work, Howard Goodall said, "For me, a modern Requiem is one that acknowledges the unbearable loss and emptiness that accompanies the death of loved ones, a loss that is not easily ameliorated with platitudes about the joy awaiting us in the afterlife. This, like Brahms’, is a Requiem for the living, addressing their suffering and endurance, a Requiem focusing on the consequences of interrupted lives.”

Goodall's fresh and unorthodox interpretation of the Requiem Mass was released on EMI Classics, performed by Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford and London Musici conducted by Stephen Darlington with soloists Natasha Marsh, Alfie Boe and Christopher Maltman.

Contents:
1. Requiem: Kyrie: Close now thine eyes
2. Revelation: Factum est silentium
3. Litany: Belief
4. Hymn: Lead, kindly light
5. Lacrymosa: Do not stand at my grave and weep
6. Dies Irae: In Flanders field
7. Recordare: Drop, drop slow tears
8. Revelation: Tum angelus tertius clanxit
9. Agnus Dei
10. In Paradisum: Lux aeterna