Pt 1of 6: Mozart Requiem - Introit, Kyrie, Dies Irae

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On April 4, '06 the 80-voice NOVA Community Chorus performed the Mozart Requiem with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic. The video was recorded by NVCC students with the asistance of WBC Television Network, a local Korean Station. Dr. Mark Whitmire conducted the Requiem; Ulysses James is Music Director of the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic. Video Mixing: Rob Wilson; Final edit: Stephen Shetler and Van Robertson.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mozart
• Requiem
• Introit
• Kyrie
• Dies
• Irae
• choral
• NVCC
• Northern
• Virginia
• Community
• College
• NOVA

[abuelobob123]

Superb performance.

[thetubaace]

Nothing less than WOW :)

[ktnevers]

I have to sing this whole thing for allstate this year! It's a great piece of music but sooo hard!

[Chr1s5mith]

watching this has made me so excited to perform Mozart at the Sage, Gateshead on 31st Jan 2009

[pappy2865]

Not a bad performance-nice balance within the choir, orchestra could have pulled it in a couple of notches on the softer passages.

[matthewhontz]

wow... not the best rendition of dies irae but it is top three to me. I liked the Texas All State Mens Choir better. Awesome. Check it out.

[sclyfies]

Because my friend... Mozart was born in November!!!!

[Schopenhauer007]

Why do I love this music especially in november?

[polgarfan]

I was mostly interested in the fugue, to listen to how the choir sounded. I haven't heard anything wrong with their rendition. Fugues can make or break choirs. This choir did a pretty good job with this fugue. I thought the Kyrie sounded quite well. The Introit, however, felt like it lost energy and eventually, dragged a little at the end. On the whole, I haven't heard too many problems with this performance.

[mundo70]

the intro was used in the 1998 film elizabeth

[kenshindono98]

I have a feeling this sounds a lot better in actuality. (YouTube tends to pare down the quality of anything posted to save room) but as is, I wish the choir had better diction. But then again that could have been lost in the transfer.

[wanchungchung]

why did you say that?