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The best-known part of Lloyd Webber's Requiem, the "Pie Jesu" segment, combines the traditional Pie Jesu text with that of the Agnus Dei from later in the standard Requiem Mass. It was originally performed by Sarah Brightman , who premiered the selection in 1985 in a duet with boy soprano Paul Miles-Kingston ; a music video of their duet was ...
Pie Jesu" (/ ˈ p iː. eɪ ˈ j eɪ. z uː,-s uː / PEE-ay-YAY-zu; original Latin: "Pie Iesu" /ˈpi.e ˈje.su/) is a text from the final (nineteenth) couplet of the hymn "Dies irae", and is often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass as a motet. The phrase means "pious Jesus" in the vocative.
Like Fauré in his Requiem, Duruflé's omits most of the liturgical Dies irae, but sets its part Pie Jesu. He includes Libera me and In Paradisum, from the burial service, again like Fauré, focused on calmness and a meditative character. The central movement, Pie Jesu, has the only solo for the mezzo-soprano.
Pie Jesu en ut mineur: Pie Jesu in C minor: for bass and organ: Vocal: sacred — 1898: Panis angelicus en fa majeur: Panis angelicus in F major: for tenor or soprano, string quartet or organ: Vocal: sacred — 1917: Litanies à la Sainte Vierge for voice and organ: Vocal — Les heures for narrator and piano: Vocal — 1841: Ariel for voice ...
The orchestration of the final version comprises mixed choir, solo soprano, solo baritone, two flutes, two clarinets (only in the Pie Jesu), two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets (only in the Kyrie and Sanctus), three trombones, timpani (only in the Libera me), harp, organ, strings (with only a single section of violins, but divided violas and ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... "The Flower Duet" (from the opera Lakmé) Léo Delibes: 3:50: 9. "Pie Jesu" ("Kind Jesus") Andrew Lloyd Webber:
In 1985, Brightman's recording of "Pie Jesu" was a strong commercial success, selling 25,000 copies [26] on the first day of release and peaking at number 3, despite the lyrics being in Latin. With classical music permeating the Lloyd Webber household (Brightman was in heavy operatic training at the time), Lloyd Webber was moved to write the ...
GALA – The Collection is a compilation album from Sarah Brightman released on 6 July in commemoration of the Japan tour, GALA - An Evening with Sarah Brightman. [1]The album includes leading songs in her career such as "Time to Say Goodbye (solo version)," "Nessun Dorma," "Canto Della Terra," "Stranger in Paradise," and "Pie Jesu."