Verdi's Requiem, preceded by Chatham Baroque music
Saturday night Maureen, Regina, John, (and Don) enjoyed the performance of Verdi's Requiem at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Artists included:
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano
Marina Prudenskaja, mezzo-soprano
Dimitri Pittas, tenor
Liang Li, bass
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, directed by Betsy Burleigh
Chatham Baroque , ensemble
The program consisted of three baroque pieces ("the top 40 music of the day," as I explained to my seatmates), contrasted by the dramatic strains of Verdi's Requiem, which consisted of the Roman Catholic Mass, minus the joyous movements and with additional parts included.
Claudio Monteverdi: Sanctorum meritis
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Lamento sopra la morte Ferdinandi III
Claudio Monteverdi: Confitebor tibi Domine, "stile alla francese"
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
About This Performance
Guiseppe Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most dramatic and emotional pieces of sacred music ever written. It is even called Verdi’s greatest opera by some. This powerhouse of extreme emotion and exquisite moments set to the text of the Roman Catholic Funeral Mass was composed to honor the death of Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni, whom Verdi admired.
How moving was that!
Four of us went for breakfast fare after the concert in Homestead...and Regina and I sang the noon Mass the next day.
posted by Grace @ 12/06/2010 10:02:00 PM
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