Andrew Lloyd Webber - Requiem concert - Part 1

1985 - With Sarah Brightman, Placido Domingo and Paul Miles Kingston.

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[AngelorPhantom1359]

can we all stop bashing this??? remember:

1. this is music about praying for the dead.

2. This took tremendous effort, and if you dont like it then don't write such mean and vicious comments.

[k8i8m]

Incredible music. And I can't believe that some of you think, that modern music (zeitgenössische Musik) must be non tonal. Every composer has it's own stile. I am studying music and I compose. I compose tonal music and that's no reason my my music or Webbers music or any composer's music is bad, just because it is tonal.

[Lovett19991]

Paul is creepy O.o but i love the music

[1AdrianR]

Of course there is room for improvement, but it is an excellent work for the time.

[SecondAgeOfReason]

@k8i8m Of course. Webber's music is terrible, not having to do with it being tonal, but because of many other factors.

[cateyemarble]

What is the name of the orchestra, choir and conductor?

[spinytoad288]

I remember watching this with my mother as a live TV broadcast on the other side of the world. It was stunning and moving then as it is now. You don't have to be religious or old fashioned to appreciate the beauty of the voices and music. Think about the emotion of the music. If you don't like it - don't listen, but please don't dismiss it too easily.

[wanek87]

this boy looks and sings like an alien

[tuber33]

@Phersephoie Having grown up listening to some of the greats, having a mother who taught music and a father (for whom he wrote this work) who played church organ music and composed, I'd say he's much more than a "rock opera composer", though I know what you're saying. After his father's death he had a dark period with Cats (Memory is all about death), Requiem, and Phantom (also heavy on death). I love the opening music. Love the Requiem music in Evita as well.

[ThePokegaga]

Webber is amazing!!! I love his Requiem!!! So gorgeous!

[Phersephoie]

ok I understand how the "hating know it-all" comments are annoying and I'm with you on that. But lets face it, Webber is the composer of rock operas, and popular songs. I quite like his music and think this requiem is very interesting, and some parts do give me goosebumbs, however it's very hard for a "rock-opera" artist to pass off purely classical work and in my oppinion while some parts of the requiem can be stunning, there's something missing and replaced with a tendancy to "overwhelm"

[samlab0920]

This is not at all like the Requiem masses we are used to hear, but it is pretty good. Pure Webber style!