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Sunday, October 18, 2009

VERDI REQUIEM DIES IRAE TUBA MIRUM

click on the photo for larger size DESCRIPTION BUY this dvd yearswithmusic.blogspot.com ©.After the solemn KYRIE ELEISON(LORD HAVE MERCY ON US) here comes the second part of the mass the famous DIES IRAE,DIES ILLAE.The orchestra plays four thunderous notes and the chorus bursts into the elegy sounding text of the latin mass .DIES IRAE DIES ILLA(DAY OF WRATH AND DOOM IMPENDING)) SOLVET SAECLUM IN FAVILLA (DAVID`S WORD AND SIBYL`S BLENDING) TESTE DAVID CUM SIBBYLA(HEAVEN AND EARTH IN ASHES ENDING). The g minor chords and a swirling theme ,the tympani beats are all creating the fearfull day of wrath.All is ending!Earth and Heaven in ashes.!!Constant tympani beats (one with the grand and loose chorded tympanum to give an underground effect and the second with the kettle drum)in between the striking chords of the strings and the swirl of piccoli and flutes,are destroying everything the Lord has created.

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