I went to a performance of Mozart's Requiem yesterday.
It was so beautiful- I almost cried during Lacrimosa.
Yes, the new (or relatively new) Evanescence song 'Lacrimosa' features music from that part of the Requiem.
Ah, and Requiem = 'rest' in Latin. I understood a lot of the words; I learned some new ones, too. The alto soloist was this gorgeous, thin woman and I didn't expect much from her but she opens her mouth and I had to look everywhere for the source of the voice.
>_<
Aren't I smart?
"Lacrimosa dies illa
Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus,
Pie Jesu Domine,
Dona eis requiem.
Amen."
-Lacrimosa from Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor K.626 (1791)
"Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat Filius
Cuius animam gementem,
Contristatam et dolentem,
Pertransivit gladius."
-From Stabat Mater, a modern piece played before the Requiem was, written by Alberto Grau.
“Rex tremendae majestatis,
Qui salvandos salvas gratis,
Salva me, fons pietatis.”
-Rex Tremendae from the Requiem.
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