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BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem.
"For all
flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass."
"Is there
life outside the terror -
CORIGLIANO
Of Rage and Remembrance: Symphony No.1.
Waking from an airless dream
to the silence of an empty room?"
"In
the desert of miracles
ELIAS
The Prayer Cycle
.
sleeping angels
were betrayed by unthinkable logic."
"Behold
with your eyes, how that I laboured but a little, and found myself
much rest." 
"Images
of Christ".
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29 August 1999
Last Updated on 19 February, 2001
On 1st September, 1939, Hitler's armies invaded Poland. The rest as they say, unfortunately, is history.
This is a special series of articles from The Flying Inkpot Classical Music Reviews: our quest this month is to remember those who died in the terrible wars of the 20th century, the last of this millenium, at the end of this millenium.
We call this the Requiem Cycle. In Latin, the word "Requiem" means "rest", something which we all seek at some time, something which many artists, including composers, have sought to express in their art in reaction against the horrors of mankind. But art, unlike war, is an act of creation, of life; hence, it is not our intention to merely commemorate the dead, but also to celebrate the living, of Life irrepressible in the face of Death.
The Requiem Cycle is also pleased to feature the art of Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959), war artist of Great Britain during World War 2, this year being the 40th anniversary of his passing.
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MAHLER Symphony No.9.
"...between
the sorrow of farewell and the vision of the radiance of Heaven."
"I sit and
look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and
shame."
MARTINÙ
Memorial to Lidice. NONO Canti di vita e d'amore. SCHÖNBERG A Survivor from
Warsaw. HARTMANN Symphony No.1 "Versuch eines Requiem".
"I am each
old man who was shot here,
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.13 "Babi Yar".
I am each child who was shot here,
No part of me can ever forget this."
Remembrance is the key.