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If Leonard Bernstein could write his theatrical Mass and an ecumenical Chichester Psalms, what's to stop a nice Episcopalian boy like Thomas Beveridge from writing his YizkorRequiem, a musical... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 2nd Oct 2006
Catalogue No: 8559453
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics, Milken Archive
Length: 52 minutes

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Beveridge: Yizkor Requiem

Work length52:50

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Ana María Martínez, Elizabeth Shammash, Robert Brubaker, Rodney Mariner
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Reader's Kaddish (Cantor, Chorus)

Track length4:56

$1.00

$1.30

Requiem Aeternam (Chorus, Cantor, Soli)

Track length15:12

$4.00

$5.15

Psalm 23 (Chorus)

Track length3:22

$1.00

$1.30

Remember! (Cantor, Soli, Chorus)

Track length5:39

$1.00

$1.30

Offertory (Hostias) [Chorus, Soli]

Track length2:20

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Sanctification (Cantor, Soli, Chorus)

Track length5:04

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$1.30

El male rahamim (Cantor, Chorus)

Track length7:18

$2.00

$2.60

Lux Aeterna (Soprano)

Track length1:38

$1.00

$1.30

Justorum Animae (Soprano, Chorus)

Track length1:57

$1.00

$1.30

Mourner's Kaddish and Lord's Prayer (Cantor, Chorus, Reader)

Track length5:24

$1.00

$1.30

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2010

If Leonard Bernstein could write his theatrical Mass and an ecumenical Chichester Psalms, what's to stop a nice Episcopalian boy like Thomas Beveridge from writing his YizkorRequiem, a musical juxtaposition of the Jewish and Catholic memorial services? Indeed, the spirit of Bernstein hovers over the proceedings, with a few sprinkles of Verdi, Fauré, Stravinsky and Shostakovich to taste. But no matter how many voices clutter the background, the guiding personality is still Beveridge, who conceived the piece as a tribute to his choirmaster father.
Musically as well as theologically, the piece focuses less on mere juxtaposition than on actual integration. The text goes right to the source of the respective traditions, finding relationships and commonality in the roots of the Latin and Hebrew languages, which are extensively illuminated in the booklet-notes. Although he avoids any traditional tunes, Beveridge draws heavily on a handful of intervallic motifs, spinning an unapologetically tonal web where both traditions remain recognisable even as they point towards something new.
A former student of both Randall Thompson and Walter Piston, Washington-based Beveridge clearly knows how to put both orchestra and chorus in their best light. Rabbi Rodney Mariner offers a commanding presence, and Sir Neville Marriner (no relation) conducts his musical forces not just with musical respect but apparent love.
Unlike a lot of compositions released under the umbrella of the Milken Archive series, this work is strong enough to stand alone without the programmatic context of 'American Jewish Music'. Really, though, any excuse to hear the piece performed with this level of musicianship is fine.

March 2006

…a musical juxtaposition of the Jewish and Catholic memorial services? …the spirit of Bernstein hovers over the proceedings, with a few sprinkles of Verdi, Fauré, Stravinsky and Shostakovich to taste. …Beveridge clearly knows how to put both orchestra and chorus in their best light. Rabbi Rodney Mariner offers a commanding presence, and Sir Neville Marriner (no relation) conducts his musical forces not just with musical respect but apparent love.

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