27 August 2011

Rutter's Requiem to be played on 9-11

From the Catholic Times:
9-11-ColorAn ecumenical service to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
An ecumenical service to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Those who lost their lives on 9/11 in the attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., will be honored at the commemorative service, as will all who have served, or who are serving, in the military and those who serve as firefighters, police officers and EMTs.

Msgr. Carl Kemme, vicar general of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, will preside at the prayer service along with ministers from other faith communities.
An ecumenical choir assembled for the event will present John Rutter's Requiem, under the direction of Nichol DelGiorno, the diocesan and Cathedral's music director. The setting will feature an instrumental ensemble consisting of organ, harp, cello, oboe, flute, timpani and glockenspiel.
"Requiem is a hauntingly beautiful set of seven movements combining texts from the Requiem Mass (funeral Mass) and the Book of Common Prayer," DelGiorno said.  
"Rutter's Requiem was used for many memorial services across America following the events of 9/11, undoubtedly because of his ability to musically juxtapose darkness with hope and the promise of light (and life) eternal."

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