Requiem for My Father (2009) by Dan Senn

      
RFMF is for a cappella SATB choir and has a duration
      of 34 minutes and is the final offerring in an trilogy of works
      which includes Czech
      Rail (2007), and Mass
      for Heavy Rail: Requiem for My Father (2009). RFMF
      is an a cappella variation of the choral parts for MFHR: RFMF
      and presented as a practical alternative. It is also is presented
      out of context as its tonal centers, the durations of the sections,
      and often the rhythms, were born out of the Czech Rail backing
      sounds, i.e. the D-flat Phrygian mode of the Tuba Mirum was not
      hatched from thin air.

      
The words for RFMF are
      from Mozart's Requiem, a Latin text which is then freely
      augmented with English verse of my own. The title, Requiem
      for My Father, is a dedication to my father, Harold Alton
      Senn, from Watertown, Wisconsin, who passed away just as the
      choral writing was begun in the summer of 2008.

      
The mp3 files below were produced
      by the Sebelius Music Notation software which cannot reproduce
      the actual words nor does it generate crescendos or decresendos.
      It also ignores notes at times, and sometimes skips a beat. The
      score examples are from the MFHR version and vary a little
      from what is heard.

      
01 - Introitus
      (2:13) (score)

      02 - Kyrie (0:55) (score)

      03 - Dies Irae (1:43) (score)

      04 - Tuba Mirum (2:13)
      (score)

      05 - Rex Tremendae (1:35)
      (score)

      06 - Recordare, Jesu Pie
      (2:31) (score)

      07 - Confutatis (1:44)
      (score)

      08 - Lacrimosa (5:29) (score)

      09 - Domine Jesu (1:14)
      (score)

      10 - Hostias (2:21) (score)

      11 - Sanctus (2:36) (score)

      12 - Benedictus (2:31)
      (score)

      13 - Agnus Dei (2:26) (score)

      14 - Lux Aeterna (3:56)
      (score)
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