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Tag: Requiem

  • Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin

    Choral conductor Rafael Schaechter led Jewish singers and musicians in 16 performances of Verdi’s Requem before Nazi audiences at the Terezin concentration camp during World War II. “We can sing to them what we cannot say to them,” he declared. More →

    June 3, 2011

  • Terence Blanchard: Requiem for Katrina

    Listen to more of our 2007 interview about Hurricane Katrina with jazz great Terence Blanchard, who says “there has to be something for us to learn from this.” More →

    August 26, 2010

  • A Tale of God’s Will

    Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard spoke August 17th with Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly about his recent CD, A TALE OF GOD’S WILL: A REQUIEM FOR KATRINA, when he was playing in Washington at Blues Alley. More →

    August 26, 2010

  • Terence Blanchard Extended Interview

    Read the complete transcript of our August 17, 2007 interview with jazz musician Terence Blanchard. More →

    August 26, 2010

  • Yizkor Requiem

    Composer and conducter Thomas Beveridge says his Yizkor Requiem is “a quest for spiritual roots” and a musical bridge between Christianity and Judaism. More →

    September 25, 2009

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