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Requiem fulfills lofty standards
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When Giuseppe Verdi asked a soprano to solo in the premier of his
Requiem Mass, he wrote that history would remember her for
commemorating the death of a great Italian poet and novelist.
Alessandro Manzoni's writings have fallen into obscurity, but
Verdi's mass for the dead is a formidable masterpiece.
The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performed Verdi's
Requiem Friday at the opening of their annual concert series.
Director and founder Dorothy Rose Smith prepared the cho...
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Pro Musica's Bach has Mass appeal
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; Like Leonardo da Vinci's Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor stands as one of the greatest expressions of the human spirit. Saturday evening at The Lensic in Santa Fe the Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Orchestra and Choir under conductor Thomas O'Connor offered a
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Master Chorale closes with premiere of 'new' Mozart mass.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
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