Mozart’s haunting Lacrimosa. 🖤 One of the most celebrated choral works in classical music, the ‘Lacrimosa’, meaning ‘weeping’, is part of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass (a mass for the dead), reflecting grief, the plea for mercy, and the hope for eternal rest on the day of judgment. It is performed here by the Bach Choir and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Anthony Gabriele at Classic FM Live. The story of Mozart’s Requiem was famously dramatised in Peter Shaffer’s play and fil

Rehearsing Mozart’s sublimely dramatic Requiem 🎶 Tonight, we’ll be performing the Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus at the Barbican Centre conducted by our Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo with soloists Claire Barnett-Jones Mezzo Soprano , Francesca Chiejina , Frazer Scott and Caspar Singh 🤩 Alongside Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 with Martin Helmchen and the UK premiere of Inlandsis by Camille Pépin ✨ The concert is sold out, but keep an eye out for returns 👀 | BBC Symphony Orchestra

Pope Leo XIV presided at a Requiem Mass for the late Pope Francis and Cardinals and Bishops who have died over the course of the past year, reminding in his homily that, “The love of the crucified and risen Christ has transfigured death.” #jesuschrist #requiem #purgatory #allsoulsday #popefrancis #popeleoxiv #vatican | EWTN Vatican