Musical Monday #2 -Lacrymosa

“A phenomenon like Mozart remains an inexplicable thing.” —Goethe

Mozart, an artist with unparalleled prodigious talents, is considered by many as the most innate musician to ever live. This excerpt, from his Requiem, is the lovely “Lacrymosa” movement believed to be the last one Mozart actually wrote.

Rather than focus on the text that can be rather daunting, please listen to the elegance of the music and the powerful Amen. Thinking about how Mozart expressed himself in a time of personal distress provides a window to his soul and a mirror for us to explore ours.

John V. Sinclair, Artistic Director and Conductor

“Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at once. What a delight this is! All this inventing, this producing takes place in a pleasing, lively dream." —Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart