Requiem for the Living - Dan Forrest - COMPLETE - Rivertree Singers & Friends
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The soloists’ names in order of appearance: Laura Brundage, Julianne Brown, Nikki Eoute, Jason Rush
For more information about the composition visit: goo.gl/kihtZT
I. Introit-Kyrie at 0:42
Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Hear my prayer, for unto Thee all flesh shall come.
Lord, have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy.
II. Vanitas Vanitatum at 10:35
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity! (from Ecclesiastes)
Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest.
Full of tears, (from Dies Irae)
he said, Let the day perish wherein I was born.
(from Job 3:2--3)
III. Agnus Dei at 16:44
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us; grant them rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
grant us peace; have mercy on us; grant them rest.
IV. Sanctus at 23:33
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
V. Lux Aeterna at 31:11
May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord,
in the company of Thy saints forever:
for Thou art merciful.
Let perpetual light shine on them.
Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)
Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Grant us peace.
From the composer:
A Requiem at its core is a prayer for rest, traditionally for the deceased. The five movements of Dan Forrest's "Requiem for the Living" (2013), however, form a narrative just as much for the living-and their own struggle with pain and sorrow- as for the dead. The opening movement sets the traditional Introit and Kyrie texts-pleas for rest and mercy-using ever-increasing elaborations on a simple three-note descending motive. The second movement, instead of the traditional Dies Irae, sets scriptural texts that speak of the turmoil and sorrow which all humanity faces while yet invoking musical and textual allusions to the Dies Irae. This movement juxtaposes aggressive rhythmic gestures with long, floating melodic lines, including quotes of the Kyrie from the first movement. The Agnus Dei is performed next (a departure from the usual liturgical order) as a plea for deliverance and peace. The Sanctus following it becomes a response to this redemption. The Sanctus offers three different glimpses of the "heavens and earth, full of Thy glory," all of which develop the same musical motive: an ethereal opening section inspired by images of space from the Hubble Space Telescope; a stirring middle section inspired by images of our own planet as viewed from the International Space Station; and a closing section which brings the listener down to Earth, where cities teem with the energy of humanity. The Lux Aeterna which then closes the work portrays light, peace and rest for both the deceased and the living. Christ's words are the answer to the Introit's prayer for rest: "Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
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"The devil does not stay where music is." ~ Martin Luther. Those of us who live in the Light of Hope know that , in Desmond Tutu's words, " Love is stronger that hatred; goodness is stronger than evil; light is stronger than darkness; LIFE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH." Though it seems that "TRUTH FOREVER ON THE SCAFFOLD, WRONG FOREVER ON THE THRONE,,". NEVER LOSE HEART--NEVER FORGET WE KNOW THE END OF THE STORY AND WHO TRIUMPHS!
This piece has a special meaning for me. We were in rehearsals for performing it in 2015 . My son died the day before the performance and my director included my son & I in his dedication. (I was told, I of course was not there). Today is the first time I've been able to listen to it again. Thank you Rivertree Singers. Thank you Dan Forrest .
God bless you, real good.
I hope this music can comfort your heart, God bless you.
The requiem is am amazing composition and the singing is out of this world 👌
These singers are amongst the very best choral groups in the world. The group of soloist sopranos and mezzos are outstandingly good by international standards as are their solo tenors. All the River tree videos have amazing sound recordings which pick out not only the vocal, but instrumental accompanists to perfection. Wonderful, wonderful and ecstatically beautiful performances of Dan Forrest's superb range of works along with many others. I can't stop listening to them!!
I have to take a moment to comment here
I have a tradition of taking my son to a Good Friday concert
And though I’m a choral singer he’s only a music appreciator
At 16 he sat there moved beyond belief
He told me “mom this is the most beautiful piece I’ve ever heard in my life”
I praise God that I forged that bond with him over this stunning piece
I praise God for Dan Forrest
I cannot thank the Lord enough for him and his contribution as a Christian composer today
In our broken world we need his music desperately
I pray God gives me opportunity to sing this piece someday
Well said. Amen.
This is 40 minutes of your life not wasted but rather restored.
This is the truth!! What a piece... chilling to the core ... (First time hearing it today!)
I discovered this pearl only today... cannot stop listening and crying. Breathtaking masterpiece
You look at all the bad people in the world, people who are in charge that shouldn't be, people that live to harm. But then there's musicians and you can breathe a sigh of relief that people exist that create masterworks like this.
There are no good people. Read Romans chapter 3.
So very well said!
A RESET has been accomplished and we have all had a night's rest to settle in PEACE...SHARED DESTINIES..melding together in perfect pure harmony...dissonances evaporating...forgetting what lies behind, we press on to the UPWARD CALLING OF GOD UPON OUR LIVES...WE LOVE EACH OTHER BETTER...THE COMMANDED BLESSING IS SINGING OVER US...WE ARE BEING FITLY FRAMED APPROPRIATELY ...DAMAGE CONTROL(the SWEET BALM OF GILEAD moving over us in gentle tones and rhythms...GOD OF WONDER AND AWE..ENLARGING OUR NEW HEARTS..WE SOAR...WE SEIZE THE FULL PROVISION OF THE LORD AND...WE GIVE THANKS...
Written for God by the mercy of God!
You are right....there are plenty of beautiful people around us ...
This deserved a full house (too many empty seats)! Thank God this was videoed and uploaded here (and with such expert sound mix). over 700,000 people have been able to experience this masterpiece!
This requiem is so profound and beautiful. As a choral singer, this to me is worship at its most intimate, a connection to God in the highest form.
Is Dan Forrest protestant ?
He lists himself as a Christian.@Carolyn yes it is! Amen!
Amen.
Yep.. I literally just said this!
Amen!
Thank you 💕😊 Jesus.
I can almost see you
and all the rest singing
this ever glorious
masterpiece.
I had the privilege of conducting this with my choir and another guest high school choir in 2014. We were one of the first high school groups to perform it, and we had the added privilege of having Dan Forrest join us for the weekend as our guest. Besides being such a great guy, Dan has produced what I think will be a lasting contribution to the repertoire of significant choral music. From my thorough study of the score, I can attest that there is a depth of musical finesse and craftsmanship not often seen today in this current atmosphere of music thrown together for cheap thrills and quick bucks. Thank you, Dan Forrest, for what will remain a highlight of my life.
I so agree and thank you for that.
Agreed. Performed my first piece by Dan Forrest this past weekend (Light Beyond Shaddow, which I instantly fell in love with) which prompted me to click on this video. I would have much rather performed this piece instead of the Faure Requiem we did.
Dan Forrest is an absolute genius!
Agreed.
Two of my favorite 20th Century composers were Ennio Morricone and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Two of my more recent 21st Century composers are Philippe Rombi and Dan Forrest. So much beauty produced by these four masters.
I have never experienced the range of emotions Requiem For The Living invokes. In the past 4 years, I have experienced the death of 3 members of my family and I know they were looking down from Heaven smiling. If this piece is any indication of what Heaven is going to sound like, I can’t wait!!
That tenor solo.....he sounds like an angel
Yes, I would love to hear more of his voice!
oh my god. Every few weeks I listen to this and feel closer to heaven.
Glorious!
Same here. Have watched this many times and I still end up in a bucket of tears.
I am hearing this for the first time today after going down a rabbit hole learning about Dan Forrest. Seems he's the Artist in Residence for Voce in Hartford, CT this year. What a joy it was to hear this piece. I was struck in my soul ... trying not to cry too much here at work whilst listening. This was epic.
GOOSEBUMPS CAME 10 TIMES A MINUTE
I thought humans had lost the ability to compose music this beautiful.
I saw in the side menu the picture of the choir and orchestra and had a listen,as you do......WOW. Its the first time I've heard of Dan Forests music and this GREAT choir and orchestra with outstanding soloists.The lll.movement is pure genius and we enter into a touch of what heaven will be like with the worship for Him that was slain before the foundation of the world.My wish would be to hear this on the Proms at the Albert Hall/London with the exact people who performed here.
Many thanks.Pete Law x Royal Marines Band UK
ps,from Pete (above comment) 8 months on.Having heard this so many times I am surprised that there was so many empty seats.
It’s my senior year of high school, I sang this sophomore year and it remains one of the most powerful performances I have ever done. I graduate in a week, yet I came back to this work. The first note hit and I am sobbing. Thank you for this beauty.
With more than 50 years of choral singing under my belt, I've never heard of this piece or the ensemble performing it. Lovely stuff. And it's so exciting to see that most of the musicians (including the singers in that word) are young people. There's hope!
No religious affiliations whatsoever ... but this music strikes a chord ...
I had the pleasure of singing this in London a few years back. This is still
One of the best versions of the requiem I’ve found! Kudos
I've had the gift of rehearsing and performing this work twice, each time, during a time of great loss in my life. It has been so incredibly healing. This time I was asked to sing the Agnus Dei solo on a tour abroad, and it's just the icing on the cake. Music heals.
Thank you to all involved for such a magnificent rendition!
Dan Forrest Thank you my brother for serving the Lord in this way. I was privileged to go to BJU in the mid 1970's and perform on that same stage many times. I so enjoyed the soloists on this one. The two girls during the Lux seem to really enjoy the tenor while he sings.This requiem makes me long for heaven. Can you imagine the music of heaven???
+Dan Forrest Your music has brought tears to my foreground, tears of joy and beauty. You are a remarkable asset to music.
+Paul Lavender I have probably watched this video at least a couple dozen times and never noticed that before. The one on the right also briefly looks like she might shed a tear at 35:18.
The Lord has blessed you with the gift of musicality- thank you for using to proclaim His glory!
Rob B .
This work moves me to tears. I have the priviledge to be performing Requiem For The Living this weekend with 138 other singers and orchestra members in a benefit to fight the opiod epidemic. My son was a victim last year.
the Sanctus is magnificent
Amazing. I don't know how many times I whatched this. All of them with the same interest than the first time.
Heaven Song
I told myself I would listen to 5 minutes and move on. 40 minutes later I am just amazed. This is a wonderful production. Hats off to Dan Forrest, and everyone involved in the making of this video.
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Me too. I didn't think I'd make it through *the entire video.* But here I am, over half an hour later, heart just melting and never wanting this to end.
We are presenting that at St. Mary's this afternoon in Columbus, Ohio..it will be a sold out performance. Hilliard Darby Choirs (high school) and the New Albany Symphony Chorus plus chamber orchestra
Haven't we all lost someone so beloved...and remember them, hearing this beautiful music, filling us with reflection, sorrow, and resolve. Life goes on...
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot
Beautiful
OMG!!!! Good morning from a member of Elmira's Cantata Singers (near Dan Forrest's home town). This morning "we" released a quarantine version of Dan Forrest's "Silent Night" and this automatically started to play next in line. I could not turn it off. This is one of my absolute favorite pieces to perform and to attend, but, this rendition is spectacular. The soli's knocked it out of the park. The Agnus Dei moved me to tears. You almost frightened me with the Vanitas. On my third watch this morning. I grabbed my music and sang along. Thank you!!!
That tenor solo is is everything! He did it amazingly! One big line, color ans changed the vibrato when needed to fit the line. Just amazing
I never realized how well this piece portrays the 5 stages of grief!! I had the honor of singing this in freshman year of high school with a guest conductor. This was by far the best piece I had ever performed
again and again over and over I will never tire......
Thank you for sharing this piece of music on You Tube. My daughter who lives near 800 miles away sang in this choir. The piece is lovely so rich. It draws on closer to the Lord.
Very very beautifu!!
Thank you! Cheers! It's one of our favorites
What a delight to be alive during TH-cam's infancy and youth. Seek for her finest uploads for a full lifetime, and you will never find a more perfect work. I am unashamed to confess, I've listened to this well over 1,000 times. The most sublime music ever penned. Only Christus, by Franz Liszt comes close. Thank God for inspiring Dan Forrest. Such a Masterpiece! Ever-fresh. Forever powerful. I so cherish it.
Is Dan Forrest protestant ?
@@valentincolasMangeon, Protestants have needed mystery, the music of the transcendent, for 500 years. This piece is true worship because it finally breaks through petty religious boundaries and leads us closer to the divine.
@@Jack-eo5fn Protestants already had such a music. Remember of Bach, Mendelssohn, Haendel, Telemann, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Schein, Schütz, Walther, Hammerschmidt, Weckman, Hassler, Bruhns, Böhm, Fasch, Scheidemann, Mattheson, Weiss, Kuhnau, van Eyck, van Lodenstein, Sluiter, Camphuysen, Van Noordt, Speuij, L'estochart, Mauduit, Costeley, Ayleward, Batten, Goudimel, Bourgeois, Vallet, Swelinck, Le Jeune, Milton the elder, Boyce, Blow, King, Bainton, Purcell, Saillens, etc.
They produced work far greater than those of Forrest, who is nonetheless interesting !
He is : th-cam.com/video/btok6uvkMjk/w-d-xo.html
@@Jack-eo5fn He is, thanks : th-cam.com/video/btok6uvkMjk/w-d-xo.html
I feel proud to be human when I hear such beauty
Как можно после такой музыки оставаться неверующим?!
An excellent rendition. The choir, orchestra and conductor are all first class.
I just came back from a concert by the Connecticut Master Chorale and orchestra performed at the Danbury Congregational Church. It was the most beautiful presentation I ever heard and I just had to hear it again.
I was privileged to hear this performed for Maundy Thursday at our church last week. We had only one piece each for the orchestra and maybe a fifth of the chorus. It was still amazing. After hearing this larger performance, I'm even more impressed with what our director was able to accomplish. It's just an amazing piece of music. Beautiful.
Our conductor just conducted this piece in Carnegie Hall a month ago. It's a lovely work.
I've experienced this work as both a musician in the orchestra, as well as a listener. I absolutely love this piece and it has brought me so much comfort and joy during these past few years. Thank you Rivertree Singers!!
Despite the silliness of the title, the music is wonderful. I was a singer in the NYC premier at Carnegie.
Blessed All Souls’ Day everyone
Have been listening to the compositions of Dan Forrest's all day
I listen to this every few months and have the most wonderful experience. It goes to the bottom of my heart and soul and creates joyful tears.
Дуже дякую, молодці!
Kyrie feels to me like a longing heart calling out to God for help, though perhaps not yet ready to accept the help he offers. Vanitas feels like the anger, fear, and denial of wrestling with God. Then, Agnus Dei feels like the sudden peace and whisper of the Holy Spirit when someone sees the light for the first time and accepts Christ. Then Sanctus is the moment they step outside the door and see the world for the first time with new eyes; there is beauty everywhere they never saw and their heart is moved with love for others and the joy of being alive. Tears are pouring down their face and they're just thanking God for saving them. Then Lux is God quieting their heart all throughout their life and giving them the power of patience and humility as he walks with them day by day through the ups and downs, and finally cradles them in his arms and takes them from their deathbed to his gates of heaven. Perhaps the male soloist singing in English (his words are meant by the composer to be sung in the mother tongue of whatever audience it's being sung for) is the words of Jesus both welcoming his children into heaven and calling other lost souls to himself. Finally the swelling multitude of voices at the end is the host of heaven praising God eternally.
Magnificent choir but that soprano sings like an angel
It’s really Angelique !! Congrats !!! 👍🌹🌹🌹🌹
I’ve just opened it for myself, can’t stop listening to it, wonderful emotions. Started opening classical music, better late than never
My daughter sang in the choir, front row, 6th from the left. Wish I could have been there. Love piece of music, heart felt, and drawn to tears. Sanctus..Holy,,,, Holy is the Lord.
Is Dan Forrest protestant ?
@@valentincolasMangeon Pretty sure he is Presbyterian, but I may be wrong.
I know your comment is 7 years old, but you must be very proud of your daughter. This recording seems to be the standard for just about every other choir to emulate. Congrats to your daughter.
I look forward very much to returning to this piece when things return to normal.
Music like this will help things get to normal... More people need to hear it and its message.
As a conductor, it is rare where I find a sacred piece that ALL my singers, instrumentalists and AUDIENCE find passionate, moving, inspiring, soulful, awesome, harmonically interesting, subject handled in a fresh new way. I simply LOVE each movement, and each solo and will see its fruition in SCOTTSDALE in March 18/19,wish Dan could come!
This piece is all-important during these so troubled times! Ukraine - one of so many places of trouble, of unrest, of tragedy - for many families directly on site, as well as for so many fearing with them, while they fight for their freedom against the russian aggressors destroying their peaceful life and contesting their right to exist in peace.
This Requiem is so important, allowing your soul to cry out in agony for peace, restfulness, as a result, finally viewing the Allmighty himself as the only giver of peace.
The Requiem not only lets the singers cry out, ask for the eternal peace, but also lets them point out from whom this peace originates, who lets the eternal light shine and bring peace. The Lamb of God speaks out on our behalf, carries our worries and lets eternal peace spread out to all, who listen and adhere to His Word's orientation.
The singers finally point out to what should be our reaction in return: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts; Heaven and earth are full of Thy Glory; Hosannah in the Highest!
For me, personally, one of the most intense parts of this masterpiece is where the Tenor Solo proclaims the comforting message of Christ - found in Matthew 28:19: Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest!
A truly comforting message in these troubled times!
We are privileged and blessed to take this message out to our audience in Wetzlar, Germany on November 19th this year. It shall be one of my most intense experiences as a member of the Kantorei Wetzlar! Thank you Dan Forrest for this wonderful piece of music!
I cried
I had the privilege of hearing this live with The Master's University Singers and Orchestra this past year at Forrest Lawn in Glendale, California in front of “The Crucifixion” mural. It was right before Easter and tears where filling my eyes the entire time because I was so moved; an experience I'll never forget.
Glad to hear you enjoyed our performance! :D
Thanks to Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, North Carolina) for commissioning this piece to honor their 35th anniversary. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
This is the most beautiful piece I've heard! When I discovered the story behind it, the music took on a deeper meaning. Having lost a daughter to Heaven, the music means more. Thank God for Dan Forrest and for the talent of Warren Cook & the Rivertree Singers, who bring the score to life.
How can I read about this history? I'd like that.
I would like to read about this story you are talking about as well, since this is one of my favorite works by a modern composer. Where can I find it? Thanks!
I sing in two major choirs in Denver. I recently discovered this rendition and this composition. Fabulous. This is just amazingly beautiful music. I have been singing in large choirs for the better part of 50 years. This is a major addition to the repertoire. My hat's off to the Rivertree Singers and orchestra. Beautifully done, folks! Dan Forrest, what a terrific, inspired composition! Bravissimo!
So many chills at the Agnus Dei. The soprano carries this melody beautifully.
Thank you Dan Forrest for this absolute gem. And thank you Rivertree singers for bringing it to life!
I will now have to get rid of a piece of music from my desert island discs, as this now on the list.What a rendition.
the sound of Eternity!
Amazing reflection of God's peace in the midst of brokenness. Wonderful soloists, and I love the conductor's style...
Is Dan Forrest protestant ?
@@valentincolasMangeon, since you keep asking the same question across all comments it must surely matter to you. Can you please tell us why?
@@Jack-eo5fn Since you keep asking why it matters to me, it must surely matter to you to know why. Can you please tell us why ?
I'm the editor of a French blog who make known to our readers protestant composers.
@@Jack-eo5fn He is, thanks : th-cam.com/video/btok6uvkMjk/w-d-xo.html
The Agnus Dei is so beautiful! The two solos have voices of an angel. Tears are streaming down my face. 😭 I want this sung at my funeral.
Diese Musik ist so wunderbar! Dass eine solche Aufführung im Rahmen des Rivertree-Projektes möglich ist, ist beeindruckend. Bewegend, dass Dan Forrest solche Musik schreiben konnte. Was für eine Eingebung!
I am listening to this in preparation for a performance of it this coming week. Blown away! Beautiful work by Forrest and thank you all involved for your artistry, musicality, and commitment.
In heaven among the Trinity, such music can be heard which declares God's greatness and love for us all.❤❤❤
What a thrilling piece of music!! I love this. I am moved.
I stumbled upon this while searching for Christmas Music from +Dan Forrest. I have been listening to this for the last 2 hours. After the first listening, then reading the explanation of it, continuing to listen to it, I believe this prayer is the heart cry of all believers. Deliverance, mercy, rescue from this body and the curse of sin... E'en so Come! Moved to tears each time.
+stephen perdue I've literally spent entire workdays listening to this.
amen!
"Sanctus" prowadzi moje serce do uniżenia przed Panem panów i Królem królów.
La musique est bouleversante 🥲💖💖💖
malheureusement pas très connue en France...Mes amis la découvrent avec délices 🙏 Le compositeur est de grand talent !
19:16 💙💚💛💜💖💖
Took my breath away. Such effortless singing way up high.
Dan Forrest... thank you for creating this. It is indeed a life changing experience, you have transported me into another world.
Having sung in choirs for many years, I can't believe I haven't heard this beautiful requiem before! Very moving and the choir and orchestra did their director proud - sung and played with great feeling and commitment. Thank you all very much.
Beautiful. Extraordinary. I'm in tears! What a wonderful choir! What a wonderful Requiem!
“Agnus Dei” is simply beautiful!
Exalted above the heavens and into the universe to touch the face of God!
It makes me cry, so beautiful
This was the best thing I ever heard on TH-cam.
I recent saw a live performance of this by the Deer Creek Chorale and I was so moved by it that I had to look it up on TH-cam. This performance by the River Tree Singers is marvelous. Thank you!
Flawless performance, sensitive and impassioned. Beauty beyond description. Thanks to all who participated in rendering this glorious work.
Magnificent modern Requiem! One of the best contemporary Requiems (along with the Requiem by Eli Tamar)
I remember going with a group from the Indianapolis Youth Chorale and watching this performed live, honestly one of the best things I have heard in a while, I was moved to tears. Dan Forrest, you have an impeccable gift and I'm so thankful for the music that you create. Thank you.
I am pretty sure I have been about 50 of the 78,318 view so far. Great job.
Ich habe dieses außergewöhnlich schöne Werk erst vor kurzem entdeckt und schaue es mir zur Zeit täglich an.
Heard this on the radio early in the morning, such a great piece of music
One of the most beautiful pieces I have ever found on UTube. Why are there not more people in the audience? Luckily this is available to world in good sound quality also. The work of the recording, the musicians, the chorus, the conductor and of course the composer is outstanding art; probably the best of the early 2000's.
amazing 🤍
This is glorious.
thank you so much for this. :) i've listened to it over 50 times already since i found it and while i am not a religious person i do find choral music of this kind very beautiful and heart warming.
peace unto you all in the chorus, musicians, director, and composer and the rest of the world.
we need to all set aside our differences and work on healing the anger and destruction around us.
thank you again. beauty gives hope...
I’ve listened to this beautiful masterpiece countless times and I performed in it with my university’s chorale a year ago. Ever time I hear it my spine shivers nearly the whole way through, and I’m one of the least emotional people I know.
Every time I listen to this I am transformed. What a masterpiece.
My goodness! What an astonishing piece of music! So moving it gave me goosebumps! It's going to be performed live in Christchurch, New Zealand, next month. What a gifted composer Dan Forrest is! Glory to God!!!
This is a truly stunning piece of music. Regardless of faith you hold or not, it is such a spiritual experience, resounding with loss and peace and beauty and the experience of being human. And a powerful performance - must have been amazing to have been part of it! A magnificent new favourite for me.
I was on the stage crew at the Rodeheaver Auditorium from 1960 through 1965 and stage manager the last two years; so this creates another level of emotion for me. I am sure you cherish the gift God has given you, Dan. The beauty of this is overwhelming.
the soloists in this are absolutely superb. thank you.
sizesmall 1756 I totally agree - just wonderful.