mozart requiem

I think the Requiem is a very well thought out musical reflection of the entire death process, i mean the process of how we come to grips with death after someone passes.

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I also think Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei(i think that's the title) is so perfect. i actually heard it for the first time on 9/11 on WQXR, and i imagined winged angels flying in circles over the buildings as they smoldered for a few hours, until at last they fell.. i feel the melody has a smoky quality to it, and since that's a key visual image i remember, i suppose that also why i feel it is appropriate.

Vivaldi's Winter movement in his Four Seasons is also quite sad and bitter sounding.

Andrea Halloran