Grieving for Mozart

Sad anniversary which I commemorate every year: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on the fifth of December 1791. His Requiem is  played all around the world to commemorate, I am doing the same here on this blog. It's been centuries, but the grief is still fresh: Wolferl died young, he died with an unfinished masterpiece. And I also thought this is a good opportunity to share a picture from our last trip to Austria. His statue in Salzburg. Sadly we didn'y visit his grave, even though he does not rest in it. Be that as it may, Requiem Aeternam, Amadeus. Dead, but truly immortal.

Mozart: Requiem Aeternam

Today, I take a short break from my seasonal Christmas post to commemorate am anniversary: the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. As per a musical tradition among Mozart's lovers around the world, I will listen to his Requiem. I am also sharing it on this blog. It's been 233 years and I'm still grieving.

Mozart: Requiem Aeternam

Here is a sad anniversary that I have to commemorate. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on that date. As it is a tradition around the world, his Requiem is  played. We commemorate his death, we are still in grief, even centuries after his departure, but we celebrate his work. Mozart is eternal.

Requiem Aeternam

Today is the anniversary of the death  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I commemorate it every year. Was not sure how to do it today, but since I know that his Requiem is played in Vienna on that day, so here it is. I tried to find a good enough version, not sure it's the best one on YouTube, but you have subtitles on it, which gives a new perspective on the work. Amadeus knew he was dying when he composed it, or at least he was pretty sure of it, so the suffering in the music is pretty much his own.

Mozart for Good Friday

I made myself a full playlist of Easter music and I want to share some of it with you. For the same occasion last year, I had shared a Kyrie from my favourite composer, just not this specific Kyrie. It may be a bit cliché, but Mozart's Requiem is a perfect fit for Good Friday, so here is its beginning.

Mozart, Lacrimosa

Today is kind of a sad anniversary to remember: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died 228 years ago today. Not sure if we can grieve after that long, but we can certainly commemorate his departure. At 36, he was so very young to die, yet had accomplished so much. So to commemorate my favourite composer, I have decided to show a scene from Amadeus, showing his funeral (not sure if there should be a spoiler alert, but here it is). It is obviously not meant to be a historically accurate account of what happened, but it does feel real (and from what I read not all that far from the truth). With the Lacrimosa from his requiem as music, it is so very fitting.

Halloween at last!

I will be short as I try to celebrate my favourite holiday outside the virtual world as much as possible. Happy Halloween everyone! It is Halloween at last. I say this, and I always feel a bit sad: it comes and goes and it is gone far too quickly, when I feel like I barely had time to appreciate. I will share something to start All Hallow's Eve: a song I found on YouTube no later than yesterday, by a certain Michelle Cross (don't know her), inspired by the poem All Souls of Edith Wharton and Mozart's Requiem's Lacrimosa. This has the perfect atmosphere for tonight.

Mozart et les fonctions harmoniques (pour PJ)

C'est la deuxième fois que je présente sur ce blogue une vidéo de Zviane illustrant de la musique de Mozart, ici le Lacrimosa du Requiem. Mon petit frère PJ s'en va bientôt en voyage en Europe, où il séjournera notamment à Vienne, où il entendra le... Requiem de Mozart. Avouez que je suis approprié.Et pour accompagner ce billet, je télécharge également une image d'un livre-disque de notre enfance, Mozart raconté aux enfants du Petit Ménestrel. Parce qu'il y a un prêtre dessus (l'archevêque de Salsbourg, que Mozart exécrait). Parce que bon, un requiem c'est religieux. Et les livres-disques du Petit Ménestrel nous ont initiés aux grands compositeurs, dont Mozart. Et je sais, j'ai déjà utilisé l'illustration ici. Maisil n'y en avait pas de plus appropriée au sujet.

Requiem aeternam

It is my brother who gave me the idea on Facebook, as he listened to Mozart's Requiem on Remembrance Day. I thought it would be just proper to listen to it, or at least the beginning of it, on Remembrance Sunday. It has the proper decorum and beauty.