(BH Large Choral).
(2004, 55 minutes) Karl Jenkins' Requiem sets the traditional Latin text of the Requiem mass, including the extra movements included by Faure and Durufle Pie Jesu and In paradisum .
These are interspersed with haiku death poems (sung in Japanese) whose delicate, epigrammatic texts provide a peaceful commentary on the liturgical words.
The result is a deeply moving expression of spirituality, whose musical tying together of different cultures provides a link that is highly ap.
