Res Wepfer (18/10/1966), a Swiss singer, songwriter and composer, born in Zürich. He is one of the three musicians of Pfannestil Chammer Sexdeet, as singer, guitarist and songwriter.
Requiem
Period: | 21st century |
Composed in: | 2003 |
Musical form: | mass |
Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Duration: | 50' |
This requiem is for soli, SATB mixed choir, organ and orchestra. It contains:
01. Introitus
02. Kyrie eleison
03. Sequentia
- Dies irae
- Tuba mirum
- Rex tremandae
- Recordare
- Confutatis
- Lacrimosa
04. Offertorium
05. Sanctus
06. Libera me
"A requiem is a mass for the dead. Usually, it is used to pray for the souls of the deceased. I have written this requiem in the spirit of the thougt that every now and then all souls are in need of mercy: the souls of the dead, the living – and the unborn."