Hal Leonard Requiem For The Living - Forrest
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The essentials to know about this score
The essentials to know about this score
- A choral work in 5 movements with expressive writing, designed to move through a range of spiritual and emotional moods.
- Flexible instrumentation: mixed choir with soloists (boy soprano and/or mezzo-soprano, soprano and tenor), with accompaniment available for full orchestra or chamber ensemble.
- Liturgical and non-liturgical texts, with occasional adjustments to traditional formulas to reinforce the meaning and impact of the message.
- Ideal for the sacred repertoire: particularly suitable for All Saints’ Day, Good Friday, or Palm Sunday.
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Summary of this score
Commissioned by the Hickory NC Choral Society for its 35th-anniversary season, this choral work asserts a strong identity from the very first pages: an intense musical language in service of profound ideas. Written for mixed choir, it highlights solo passages (boy soprano and/or mezzo-soprano, soprano and tenor) that bring depth, contrast and humanity to the discourse. The accompaniment is designed to adapt to different concert settings, with orchestration available for both full orchestra and chamber ensemble, making it easy to programme according to the resources of your ensemble.
The structure in five movements unfolds a truly dramatic trajectory: the work moves from a penetrating meditation on the vanity and suffering of existence to a supplication for mercy, before opening onto a luminous vision inspired by the idea of eternal light. The texts, blending liturgical and non-liturgical elements, are sometimes slightly reorganised to create effects of meaning and contextualisation, without betraying their original power. The result is a self-contained, powerful and deeply felt score, particularly moving when included in programmes marking significant moments in the sacred calendar.
Technical specifications
| Musical Genre | Classical | Publication | Sheet music |
| Instrumentation | Mixed choir, soli (boy soprano and/or mezzo-soprano, soprano, tenor), accompaniment of choice: full orchestra or chamber ensemble | Genre | Sacred choral score (work in 5 movements) |
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Questions frequently asked
What choral formation is required for Forrest's Requiem For The Living?
The score is written for mixed choir and includes solo parts for boy soprano and/or mezzo-soprano, soprano, and tenor.
Can this work be accompanied by a chamber ensemble?
The accompaniment is available either for full orchestra or chamber ensemble. This configuration allows adaptation of the performance to the available forces.
How many movements does this choral requiem have?
The work is structured in five movements, creating a journey from meditation on suffering to the evocation of eternal light.
What texts are used in this sacred score?
The content combines liturgical and non-liturgical elements. Some texts are slightly rearranged to support the semantic effects throughout the five movements.
Is this score suitable for a sacred music concert?
Its writing for mixed choir, soloists, and orchestral accompaniment belongs to the classical sacred choral repertoire. The work can be included in programming related to major events in the sacred calendar. The availability of a chamber ensemble version facilitates adaptation according to concert resources.
