This is marvelous, & love this type of thing.

Always good to hear good singers who can hit and hold a note - and always gets a good reception by the crowd
The Requiem, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber as a way to cope with and express his grief was nspired by two separate tragedies. A journalist who had interviewed him just weeks before dying in Northern Ireland as a result of the IRA conflicts, and the story of a Cambodian boy who was forced to murder his mutilated sister or be executed himsel. The finished piece is dedicated it to his father who passed away in 1982. Webber's Requiem is his most personal composition, and his only fully completed classical work.

Webber's Requiem was first performed in New York City, New York in the St. Thomas Church on February 25, 1985, with conductor Lorin Maazel, soprano Sarah Brightman (who, at the time, was his wife), tenor Placido Domingo, and child soprano Paul Miles-Kingston. In 1986, Requiem earned Lloyd Webber a Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. - have attached an old version with Brightman and Miles-Kingston

I guess few agnostics have a knowledge of latin - otherwise you would be complaining about the text -

Pie Jesu" English Translation

Merciful Jesus, merciful Jesus, merciful Jesus, merciful Jesus
Father, who takes away the sins of the world
Grant them rest, grant them rest
Merciful Jesus, merciful Jesus, merciful Jesus, merciful Jesus
Father, who takes away the sins of the world
Grant them rest, grant them rest
Lamb of God, Lamb of God, Lamb of God, Lamb of God
Father, who takes away the sins of the world
Grant them rest, grant them rest
everlasting
everlasting
Rest

personally I admire the sentiment, but when you die you become just another lump of meat to feed the world

great voices. reinforces my belief that life is worthwhile b/c despite all the sham
& shortcomings creativity & beauty can rise above it all.

Just thank you for posting, awesome.

Fucking awesome this shows the fallacy of trump and his evil minions

"This is America," a profound statement.

Wonderful story and amazing singers. Bravo!

Well done, but things like this happen all the time on professional classical music stages all over the world. Most of the time, orchestras and singers have only two or three rehearsals together before going live before an audience to deliver a two hour performance.

You're expected to arrive at the first mass rehearsal knowing your music. Rehearsals are for making sure that everyone is on the same page regarding dynamics and cut offs. Also, to add in any subtle nuances to the score which the director might like to take some liberties with.

Wonderful! And brought together because of the worldwide web....thank you Tim Berners Lee! Isn't it great that despite the current administration in America being anti immigration, the American ethos of being a melting pot of nationalities is still alive in the general population.