Requiem: Kyrie: Close now thine eyes from Eternal Light: A Requiem
by Howard Goodall
4-Part - Sheet Music

Soprano voice solo, SATB choir, and piano - Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0049

Composed by Howard Goodall. Lent, Triduum/Three Days, Tenebrae, 21st Century, Heaven, Lament/Grief/Sorrow. Duration 9 minutes, 13 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0049. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0049).

UPC: 688670220524. English.

Arranged for SATB choir, two keyboards, strings, and optional harp, with soprano, tenor (optional) and baritone soloists, this fresh and unorthodox interpretation reflects on the words of the Latin Mass by juxtaposing them with poems in English. The “Kyrie” uses Francis Quarles’ “Close now thine eyes and rest secure” as the opposing English text. After the choir begins the requiem text in Latin (“Requiem aeternam” through the “Kyrie eleison,”) the soprano soloist has a 27-measure solo in which the English text appears. Then the solo is repeated over choir accompaniment and the opening Latin text reappears to close the movement. Duration 9:13.