Requiem aeternam
by J. Christopher Pardini
STB - Sheet Music

STB choir, viola or cello, and organ - Early Intermediate

SKU: MN.50-7085

Composed by J. Christopher Pardini. All Saints/All Souls, Funeral, 21st Century. Score & instrument part. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-7085. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-7085).

UPC: 688670570858. English.

J. Christopher Pardini's Requiem aeternam is a solemn and harmonically engaging composition for STB voices with viola or cello and organ. It begins with an ethereal statement of the E minor theme with words from the Requiem Mass, first by TB voices and then repeated with treble voices. (One might consider using children's voices.) A viola interlude leads into the middle section in E major, where voices gently but insistently entreat God to shine perpetual light on the dead. The original theme, this time with voices at pianissimo, returns after another viola interlude. The viola takes up the prayer theme in the end, sparingly underscored by voices, and harmonies gently move back to E major to accompany the choir's final, hopeful  "Amen." A substitute part for cello is also available.