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The Paulist Boy Choristers of California performed Mozart's Requiem (626) on May 22, 1999. The concert's program consisted of this work with some of works of Franz Joseph Haydn. The MIDIs on this page are from the Requiem which Mozart left unfinished at his death in 1791. It was completed by Franz Xaver Sussmayr. This pairing of Mozart and Sussmayr remains as the most celebrated version of this peice although numerous versions have been completed by others.
REQUIEM, K.626, IN D MINOR
Mozart's 1.Requiem Aeternam Adagio Movement
Mozart's Kyrie Allegro Movement
Mozart with Sussmayr's brass arrangements 2.Dies Irae
Mozart's voice arrangements with Sussmayr's orchestration 3.Tuba Mirum
Mozart with orchestration by Sussmayr, excluding String Arrangements by Mozart, 4.Rex Tremendae Mozart's 5.Recordare Mozart's voice arrangements with Sussmayr's orchestration 6.Confutatis Rumor has it that Mozart died while composing this movement. Of this 30 measure peice Mozart composed the first 2 measures for the violin parts and the first 8 for measures for the chorus and the 'cello. Sussmayr completed this movement.
7.Lacrimosa Mozart's voice and 'cello composing with the brass and rest of strings arranged by Sussmyar, excluding short stints composed by Mozart (i.e. occuring before the "Quam olim Abrahae" fugue in the Violin I part.) 8.Domine Jesu Mozart's voice parts. Violin I and II parts measures one and two were composed by Mozart, along with measure one of the 'cello parts, the rest was done by Sussmyar 9.Hostias
10.Sanctus
11.Benedictus
The subject brought in the Adagio movement of this movement was seen in the Adagio part of the Requiem Aeternam (movement 1) was written by Mozart. 12.Agnus Dei
It is said that this was Mozart's greatest work. It consumed much of his time. The piece was commissioned to memorialize the deceased wife of Count Walsegg-Stuppach, who oddly enough was known for ordering works from other composers and presenting them as his own. (a la Antonio Salieri, the famous Italian composer of the 18th century, in the movie Amadeus.)
