This past Good Friday (March 29), at 7:00 pm, the MPC Choir presented their spring major choral work: a performance of Mozart’s Requiem. This date was chosen as the best setting for Mozart’s heart-wrenching, soul-stirring musical response to the human realities of suffering and death. For this performance, the MPC Choir was joined by singers from several other Bay Area choirs, including the Oakland Symphony Chorus, the UC Alumni Chorus, the Pacific Boychoir, and other area church choirs. Our orchestra and quartet of professional vocal soloists were particularly fine this year. The choir had been rehearsing and living with this astonishing music for the past two months, and it was a wonderful experience to share it with you at the end of our communal Lenten journey.
Audio Files
- Requiem (Introitus)
- Dies Irae
- Tuba Mirum
- Rex Tremendae
- Recordare
- Confutatis
- Lacrymosa
- Domine Jesu
- Benedictus
- Agnus Dei
- Ave Verum Corpus (closing music, also composed by Mozart)
Photo credit: Thomas Hawk
Learn more about the Requiem
The Mozart Requiem (Wikipedia)
Read an English translation of the text