Hello, sir! The following link leads to a completely unique version of this Mass setting, one completed by a Mr. Bruce Larsen out of Saint Paul, Minnesota by a small parish that had a huge choir and still has one amazing music library. Mr. Larsen was the founding director of the parish church back in 1946 after returning home from WWII as an assistant to a chaplain. It was during this time that in Europe that Mr. Larsen helped "rescue" musical works that were trashed in bombed out church buildings. Mr. Larsen either found or created the orchestration heard on the link. He omitted (skillfully and musically, I might add) sections of the 'Kyrie' for it's length because he wanted to use it in a liturgical function and not as a concert piece. He also (unfortunately) set the piece to English, for reasons that may have been just a product of the 70's. This piece's recording only sounds a half-step higher because the old tape cassette on which it was recorded got warped over the years. Nonetheless, for all its flaws and un-conventions, it remains an interesting puzzle and enjoyable to listen to. (I was a boy soprano in my first or second year of choir at the time). th-cam.com/video/BueGK5XW9-U/w-d-xo.html
![Camille SAINT-SAËNS - Requiem Op.54 - Île de France National Orchestra - Jacques Mercier[COMPLETE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yv6XFrQHthU/mqdefault.jpg)
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Hello, sir! The following link leads to a completely unique version of this Mass setting, one completed by a Mr. Bruce Larsen out of Saint Paul, Minnesota by a small parish that had a huge choir and still has one amazing music library. Mr. Larsen was the founding director of the parish church back in 1946 after returning home from WWII as an assistant to a chaplain. It was during this time that in Europe that Mr. Larsen helped "rescue" musical works that were trashed in bombed out church buildings.
Mr. Larsen either found or created the orchestration heard on the link. He omitted (skillfully and musically, I might add) sections of the 'Kyrie' for it's length because he wanted to use it in a liturgical function and not as a concert piece. He also (unfortunately) set the piece to English, for reasons that may have been just a product of the 70's.
This piece's recording only sounds a half-step higher because the old tape cassette on which it was recorded got warped over the years. Nonetheless, for all its flaws and un-conventions, it remains an interesting puzzle and enjoyable to listen to. (I was a boy soprano in my first or second year of choir at the time).
th-cam.com/video/BueGK5XW9-U/w-d-xo.html