{"id":43097,"date":"2024-05-14T16:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/01acf83c-a156-4441-9864-69b2ac882c7f"},"modified":"2024-05-14T16:40:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:40:06","slug":"most-famous-requiems-how-composers-have-portrayed-death-and-the-afterlife-in-music","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/most-famous-requiems-how-composers-have-portrayed-death-and-the-afterlife-in-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Most famous Requiems: how composers have portrayed death and the afterlife in music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Tuesday, 14 May 2024 at 14:20 PM<\/p>

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\u2018I think it has to be Brahms,\u2019 replies composer Michael John Trotta, when asked by BBC Music<\/em> to name his favourite Requiem. \u2018It\u2019s partly to do with how he brought the language into the vernacular and included additional texts. And then there\u2019s that ticking at the beginning \u2013 \u201cbom, bom, bom\u201d \u2013 along with the vulnerability of the viola. I also remember singing the \u201cHow Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place\u201d movement as a schoolboy and feeling enveloped by the music\u2019s warm hug!\u2019\u00a0<\/p>