This a cappella Requiem (length: 24 min.) with soprano and baritone soloists, contains:
1. Requiem aeternam
2. Out of the deep
3. And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears
4. In Remembrance (by Mary Elisabeth Frye, b.1905)
5. I heard a Voice From Heaven
6. Thou Knowest, Lord
7. Requiem aeternam II / In Paradisum
Daley's Requiem, named outstanding new choral composition by the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors in 1994, got a great performance. Among the soloists was Lisa Watson, whose focused soprano brought a suitably lyrical quality to modern poetry by Carolyn Smart.
Daley worked an inventive mix of texts into her Requiem. Along with Smart's poetry, sources include the Latin Missa pro Defunctis, a Russian benediction, the Book of Common Prayer and Psalm 130. The fourth movement is a graceful setting of Mary Elizabeth Frye's In Remembrance, touching consolation on the loss of a loved one.
Daley has a flexible, deceptively simple writing style that flattered the chorus, as all sections sounded wonderfully nimble and light in her infectious melodies. The eight-movement Requiem generated considerable momentum as it went along, and reaching the gentle finale left the listener feeling absolutely at peace.
Texts by Mary Frye (13/11/1905 - 15/09/2004), housewife and poet, was born as Mary Elizabeth Clark in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America.
And by Carolyn Smart (1952), a British-Canadian female poet: The sound of the birds.