Let me start first: Franz liszt - Liebestraum (or maybe bach goldberg varations

I wasn't talking about a concert performance, and you of all people should have realized that. I would not expect a Catholic burial after my years of apostasy, but there is not much point (to me at least, obviously not to others here) in having any exsequies that are not religious in nature. The Victoria Requiem is no more than a setting of that service designed for service use, unlike the concert versions of later eras. It does not, thankfully, even include the Dies Irae, which I would not want at my funeral. Parts that are missing could be filled in by the Gregorian setting, which I also love. Of course all this would take place in a worthy church setting, perhaps St. Ignatius in New York, where the organist would play as a postlude Bach's "Schmuecke dich, O liebe Seele."Brendan wrote:No one these days (at least amongst my kith and kin) is going to appreciate a full Requiem Mass,
I knew that. I was just giving you a genlte kid in the ribs.Brendan wrote:I was not talking to or about anyone but myself and my friends and family (many Catholic) - and my (controlled) impulse for a complete Requiem Mass was in no way a reference to anything anyone else wrote.
I'm going to teach the St Paul's choir to sing the Ave Maria in Church Slavonic this evening, Mark.Mark Antony Owen wrote:Either the 'Bless the Lord, O my soul' or the 'Ave Maria' from Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil.
Best of luck, sir. If I could only ever hear one complete work for the rest of all time, Rach's 'All-night ... ' would be my choice.karlhenning wrote:I'm going to teach the St Paul's choir to sing the Ave Maria in Church Slavonic this evening, Mark.Mark Antony Owen wrote:Either the 'Bless the Lord, O my soul' or the 'Ave Maria' from Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil.
Cheers,
~Karl
Making us probably the only two people here who have been with a choir directed by someone who knew the correct pronunciation (in my case, the choirmaster was a Russian translator for the NSA).karlhenning wrote:I'm going to teach the St Paul's choir to sing the Ave Maria in Church Slavonic this evening, Mark.Mark Antony Owen wrote:Either the 'Bless the Lord, O my soul' or the 'Ave Maria' from Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil.
Cheers,
~Karl
Cremation here, too. And if someone decides they'd like to erect a plaque or somesuch in my memory, the words in my signature will suffice.dirkronk wrote:I plan to be cremated and have NO plans for a funeral ceremony as such. If my wife survives me, I'll probably suggest that a recording of the Om Namah Shivaya mantra be used as a sort of soundtrack for the spreading of ashes--either in Darbari Raga style (my current fave) or Bhupali style. If friends decide to hold a gathering anyway, then an ecstatic chant would be more appropriate (and a lot more fun for the participants). If I'm to have a vibratory send-off, that'll suit me fine.
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Formerly known as 'shadowritten'? . . .Mark Antony Owen wrote:And if someone decides they'd like to erect a plaque or somesuch in my memory, the words in my signature will suffice.
Nice selections. When my dad died a couple of years ago, I carefully searched his records for a version of the Lord's Prayer set to music and sung in English--he'd told me he wanted this played at his funeral. Found it no problem (Gordon MacRae or some such singer), but he had it only on LP and the funeral home had no turntable, no way to transfer it, and didn't have their own copy on tape or CD. No other version in their library either. Local CD stores...also no go. Then I found a version on cassette tape at dad's house: a cousin in Holland is in some choral society and she had sent him a tape of a concert they did. In this case the Lord's Prayer was in Dutch, but I figured it was better than going without entirely, especially since that had been his only musical request. As it turned out, the person from the funeral home who was supposed to turn on the cassette player (I had already cued it up precisely myself) managed to hit rewind instead of play and had to search for the selection as mourners endured tape squeal and fast-forward sounds. Not exactly a flawless performance. Hope dad at least got a kick out of that. At least once the proper tape position was found, the singing on the tape wasn't half bad. OTOH, the whole experience rather reinforced the feeling that formal funeral proceedings just aren't my own cup of tea.Gregory Kleyn wrote:Not sure about my own funeral, but when my father passed away some years ago I engaged a cellist friend with the local symphony to play Faure's "Elegie" at the gravesite. Some days later at the memorial service (per his request) was sung the fifth movement from Brahms' Requiem (for solo soprano), following which at a smaller gathering of family and close friends we played Strauss' "Four Last Songs" with Gundala Janowitz in his favorite recording. Nice.
OK, so if someone can bring a portable turntable, I'm pretty sure I can find a scratchy old copy of Wellington's Victory. Turned up to distortion level, this could be pretty much paul's all-around "descent into hell" music...even if he's headed in the other direction.paulb wrote:If ye guys play anything Beethoven at my funeral I'll haunt you.
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