Missa pro Defunctis

[kathrynt]

Missa pro Defunctis. Mass for the Dead. We don't call it that, any more, we call it the Requiem Mass; the Defunctis part is maybe a little too literal for our death-averse culture to be comfortable with. Mozart wrote his Requiem as he himself was dying, dying of syphilis or food poisoning or straight-up poisoning or an overabundance of the

Comments

[king_chiron]

I'm sorry we missed this. So often I read about your concerts (after the fact) and think "Man, we should have gone." So what's the next concert that you'd recommend?

[kathrynt]

C-Minor Mass, ALSO by Mozart, THIS COMING WEEKEND. Get your tickets now, they're flying pretty good.

[kathrynt]

Actually, if you come, let me know when; I can meet you in the green room, possibly bring you backstage, and go out for a drink after and talk about what it was like to learn and perform if you want.

[liralen]

Wow...

Thank you for the indepth analysis. I love how music appears to one who loves it, studies it, and knows it so deeply.

thank you.

[waysofseeing]

Beautiful writing about a beautiful piece. Thanks.

[emmacrew]

I don't think it's a cheat and a cop-out so much as... it turns into a minuet for a little while and loses the power of the opening.

[kathrynt]

Yeah, I can see that.

[emmacrew]

And the way it gets back to the d minor, it's like... "oops, I veered into trite, quick, modulate back and recap the opening!"

[kathrynt]

Sussmayer. . . well, he was no Mozart, that's for sure.

[just_carrie]

Beautiful.

[kathrynt]

Thanks.