{"product_id":"requiem-for-chorus-soloists-and-accordion-ensemble","title":"Requiem for Chorus, Soloists, and Accordion Ensemble","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eRequiem for Chorus, Soloists, and Accordion Ensemble\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eby John Franceschina\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 120%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 120%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e140 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 120%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e8.5x11 size\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 120%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 120%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e The \u003ci\u003eRequiem\u003c\/i\u003e was composed for Accordeonensemble Opus 2 to commemorate the beatification of Italian teenager, Carlo Acutis, by Pope Francis on 10 October 2020. The conservatively tonal work intersperses the Latin text of the traditional Requiem Mass with reflections on death, musical settings of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Walt Whitman, Christina Rossetti, Arthur Rimbeau, and Langston Hughes, in addition to elegiac musical interludes. The full musical program is as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e    Praeludium (Instrumental); Requiem Aeternam (Choral); Great Death (Alto solo); Kyrie (Choral); This Is Thy Hour (Bass\/Baritone solo); Requiem Aeternam (Choral); Threnody (Instrumental); Dies Irae (Choral); When I Am Dead (Soprano solo); Sentinel Soul (Tenor solo); Sanctus (Choral; Dear Lovely Death (Alto, Bass\/Baritone duet); Agnus Dei (Choral); Elegy (Instrumental); Lux Aeterna (Choral); Libera Me (Choral).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Franceschina\u003c\/b\u003e, composer, has created scores for the National Shakespeare Company and the Provincetown Playhouse in New York City, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Baltimore's Center Stage, Washington’s Ford's Theatre and the Arena Stage, the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Florida Studio Theatre, Geva Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Papermill Playhouse, Music Theatre Works, and the Moscow Art Theatre, in addition to the Asolo State Theatre in Sarasota, Florida, where he acted as composer-in-residence from 1976 to 1993. His \u003ci\u003eFanfare for the Fiftieth\u003c\/i\u003e was commissioned by Philippe Entremont for the fiftieth anniversary of the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra in 1985; his secular oratorio, \u003ci\u003eHoutebeen\u003c\/i\u003e, for male chorus, string orchestra and accordion ensemble, toured the Netherlands in 2014, and his opera, \u003ci\u003eScenes from the Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e toured the Netherlands in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 120%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 120%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; font-variant: small-caps;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eMusic by John Franceschina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Titles in this Series)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRequiem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Chorus, soloists, accordion ensemble)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eConcerto voor Saxofoon en Blassensemble\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eVuurwerk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e (“Fireworks”)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Accordion ensemble, percussion)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eKynaston; Concert Variations on a Theme by Henry Purcell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Accordion ensemble, percussion)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eOroonoko; Rhapsody for Bayan Accordion Ensemble and Percussion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLeiden Suite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e (Accordion Ensemble)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth; 3 Ballets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Accordion ensemble, actors, dancers, percussion)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eScenes from the Jungle, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003ean opera\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Vocal soloists, accordion ensemble, percussion)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHoutebeen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003ean oratorio\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Male chorus, string orchestra, accordion ensemble, percussion)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eJoppenszoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e, a cantata for tenor and baritone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Accordion ensemble, percussion)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eConcerto Grosso for Blassensemble, Accordion Ensemble, and Percussion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesire Under the Elms: Incidental Music for Orchestra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eCandida: Incidental Music for String Quartet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49491815072003,"sku":"knl1787292108105","price":17.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49491815104771,"sku":"bcc1787292108106","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":49491815137539,"sku":"yzp1787292108107","price":5.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/2202\/3427\/files\/requiem-for-chorus-soloists-and-accordion-ensemble_1.jpg?v=1787292113","url":"https:\/\/trendpulseboutique.shop\/products\/requiem-for-chorus-soloists-and-accordion-ensemble","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}