Requiem III: Pie Jesu
This piece is from Rutter's Requiem performed by the King's College Choir. I worked adjacent to the WTC on Sept 11th. It was a sad and terrible day for many of us. I live in Middletown NJ, where we lost over 60 people from our town on 9/11. This music piece brings me much solace...it is hauntingly beautiful. The beautiful and tender voice of a child can only give us hope, and we pray that our children can inherit a better world some day.
I hope you will consider adding this to your playlist. Many Thanks.
Jack Roehrig
Where Have All The Flowers Gone sung by Peter, Paul & Mary
The message of this song is as poignant, true and applicable today as it was back in the 60's
Mel Klusky
Whne Johnny Comes Marching Home Again (all four verses of lyrics)
This song expresses the joy of welcoming the return of our fighting men(and, by extension, women)by their families, their communities and or country as a whole.
Mel Klusky
America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) All four verses of lyrics
The four verses of lyrics of "America" speak to our wishes for our country, without being either belicose or being judgmental, one way or the other, about the Iraq or Afghanistan wars.
Mel Klusky
Barber's Adagio for Strings
Not only is this a beautiful piece in its own right, but it is entirely appropriate for solemnity of the day.
Mel Klusky
Tom Beveridge::Hebrew "Requiem"
This Requiem is a moving tribute to an esteemed teacher. It recalls for me the composer's father, Lowell P. Beveridge, our beloved choral maestro of Columbia University's Chapel Choir in the 1950's.
Mildred Rust
Berlioz Requiem
`I've loved this magnificent masterpiece ever since I studied it in college, but it is rarely played because of its length and orchestral and choral requirements. How many recordings are there? The music fills my heart with grief, then jubilation and triumph. I think it is uniquely appropriate for 9/11.
Mildred Rust
Fragile, Sting
On the day of 9/11/2001, Sting sang Fragile for tribute to WTC victims.
"That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are."
Rest in peace to all those who lost their lives in the attack and many more after.
Ayumi
the battle hymn of the republic
As a retired NYC firefighter, I had spent a good amount of time at ground zero to help with the recovery effort. unfortunately, my entire company was lost that horrible day. I really don't care what songs are played during your
9/11 broadcast, But it will please me as well as the families of victims to
hear the song that rallied our country
through it's darkest hours of the
Civil War, played at the end. thank you
darrel patterson (L118 ret)
Photographs for Measuring Time
My music request is already in but I thought you might like some photographs for your website for Sunday 9/11/11. I have a collection, taken by myself, of a number of different "remembrances" that have marked time since 9/11/01. These can be seen and downloaded from my gallery at no charge: http://annashoots.photoshelter.com/gallery/Remembering-September-11th-2001/G00001OcqxzBhBnE/P0000b_1tduE3oqs
I am a professional photographer and would be honored if you were to use one - or more.
Anna Morris
Song Of Democracy by Howard Hanson
Walt Whitman's exquisite poetry exemplifies
the direction this country needs to go
to achieve a lasting peace
Howard Hanson brilliantly pieces together this sentiment with this flowery harmony and orchestral
grandeur
What the music means to me? Freedom !
Rob Darnell Hollinsed
Kate smith singing Gd Bless America
It raises the spirit and gives me faith in this country.
Barry Panensky
Bernstein: The Kaddish Symphony
The Kaddish is the quintessential Jewish prayer that commemorates loss of life.
The text of the prayer does not speak of death itself, but rather is a call to God from the depths catastrophe to sanctify his name - despite the realization that He has just clutched a human being from existance.
Bernstein's piece is a very emotional composition with the petitioner racked with pain trying to understand their loss. Not unlike those of us who watched in horror as thousands of our neighbors turned to vapor when the buildings fell. There are no words to express how we felt or to understand the loss. I guess the best we can do in the meantime is call out to God - and perhaps wait for an answer.
Ron Rogers
Ladder 106 by The Upwelling
This is a beautiful song written about that sad day. The lyrics are simultaneously haunting and comforting. When I hear "Can everybody breath .... Is everyone OK?” I can only hope and pray that NYC and the greater world is more "ok" 10 years later.
Christine Stearn
various if I may-repeater here
"We are the Champions of the World"Queen.
"Anthem" orig, BWCast-featuring David James Caroll on this ripping elegy.
PhilipGlass~any part of "Nights in Rocina!!!"
Tenor duet from "Pearlfishers-Bjorling
"Pie Jesu"~Sarah Brightman and boy tenor.
Opening theme from film "Barry Lyndon" !!!
"Spirit in the sky"~Norman Greenbaum
"You raise me up"-Josh Groban.
"Did U know U R my hero"-Bette Midler.
"Un Furtiva Lagrima"~Domingo.THANK YOU!!
James Roe
Mahler's Second Symphony
This symphony is always a revelation (since I discovered it a few years ago). While it is a recognition and depiction of death and its sorrows, it is also an affirmation of the transcendent, including a statement of the possibility of hope and meaning in life.
Lawrence & Judith Borzumato
PANIS ANGELICUS
SINGING PAVAROTTI AND HIS FATHER, THERE IS A SHORT MOVIE AND ALSO A CD. I'M SURE
IT HAS GREAT WONDERFUL SOUND, IT'S A MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE, A VERY YOUNG PAVAROTTI SINGING WITH HIS FATHER IN A MÓDENA CHURCH
MARGARITA LUTTERAL
We Are All New Yorkers
This song, from the musical comedy FIVE BOROUGHS by John McDermott, gives voice to New Yorkers from each of the 5 boroughs. An African American man from the Bronx, an Italian guy from Brooklyn, a Pakastani cab driver from Queens, an Irish gal from Staten Island, and a Jewish lady from Manhattan all share their experiences and feelings of 9/11 through song. The lyrics include messages of hope and solidarity and the promise of our children not living in fear. "We are all New Yorkers, you don't push us around." Moving and inspirational!!
http://fiveboroughsthemusical.com/assets/applets/We_Are_All_New_Yorkers.mp3
Christine Hanratty
Beethoven's Pastoral
Life before
Chaos
Rebirth - tentative then rejoicing
Don
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris "If This Is Goodbye"
I heard the inspiration of this song was from an essay by Ian Mcewan, written after 9/11. The essay is a wonderful reflection about what is really important in life and what would you say to those you loved if you know they are the last words you will speak to them, like those in the towers who called loved ones and left messages on answering machines.
Roxanne Hayes
