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Yizkor Requiem by Thomas Beveridge
Composer's Notes. Yizkor Requiem: A Quest for Spiritual Roots seeks to combine the memorial services of the Jewish and Catholic religions, and the title reflects the first words of the Yizkor Service and the Requiem Mass: The Hebrew word "yizkor" means "may He remember," the whole initial phrase being "Yizkor Elohim et nishmat" ("May God remember the soul"); the Latin word "requiem" means "rest," from the initial phrase "Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine" ("Rest eternal grant them, Lord").

Reviews and Commentary. "With Thomas Beveridge's stunning new Yizkor Requiem, we have a major contribution to this century's choral / orchestral repertoire. The melding of Hebraic and Christian texts is a marvelously effective approach to the remembrance of the departed, and Mr. Beveridge has created a sensitive, beautiful, and extraordinarily moving work which is destined for a permanent place in the affections of choral music lovers everywhere." --Norman Scribner, Music Director, Choral Arts Society of Washington.

Performances. Yizkor Requiem premiered on April 9, 1994, and has been performed to critical acclaim in Washington, Chicago, and New York City.

Recordings. A performance on April 26, 1996, by the Choral Arts Society of Washington was recorded for Naxos American Classics and is available from Amazon. A recording in September, 2001, by Sir Neville Mariner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in London was released in 2005 by the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music.

Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly. A seven-minute segment aired on September 25, 2009.

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