# We got a good review for our Mozart Requiem concert

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**Created:** [November 3, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-good-review-for-our-mozart-requiem-concert/470935 "2008-11-03T22:14:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-good-review-for-our-mozart-requiem-concert/470935/1 "2008-11-03T22:14:39Z")

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We did the first of two performances last Saturday night. The full program was:

Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)  
Lux Aeterna (Elgar)  
Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré)  
Agnus Dei (Barber)  
Friede auf Erde (Schoenberg)  
Requiem (Mozart)

The review in this morning’s paper (Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 2008) is (mostly) very complimentary: [With these voices requiem was a heavenly piece](http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/with-these-voices-requiem-was-a-heavenly-piece/2008/11/03/1225560738093.html)

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-good-review-for-our-mozart-requiem-concert/470935/2 "2008-11-03T22:18:36Z")

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Congratulations, **Cunctator**! I love the Requiem, and it sounds like you did it justice. Bravo!

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-good-review-for-our-mozart-requiem-concert/470935/3 "2008-11-04T03:14:15Z")

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I’m impressed that you sang it from memory. I’ve sung it many times, but never in a choir capable of doing so from memory.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-good-review-for-our-mozart-requiem-concert/470935/4 "2008-11-04T03:39:28Z")

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> [@Blue\_Mood](#):
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> I’m impressed that you sang it from memory.

It was the first time we’ve done it from memory. A few people had misgivings but in the end it wasn’t really all that hard. Once you dispense with the score, you find that you actually know quite a lot of it already. And it makes such a difference to the overall sound and projection of the choir - as the reviewer noted.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-good-review-for-our-mozart-requiem-concert/470935/5 "2008-11-04T04:13:04Z")

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Wonderful! Glad to hear it went so well.