Duruflé: Requiem
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Lest we forget: music for Remembrance Day
9. Duruflé: Requiem
Many composers set the text to a Requiem mass, but far fewer chose to set the final text of the 'In Paradisum'. The text tells of the soul finally coming to rest in Heaven with God, and Duruflé's setting brings the words to life in an angelic outpouring of praise.
