Amherst Requiem (2008)

for soprano, mixed chorus, children’s chorus, and large orchestra.

Duration: ca. 55 min.

1. Introit
2. Offertory
3. What is  –  “Paradise” –
4. Pie Jesu
5. Responsory
6. I shall keep singing!
7. Antiphon

The libretto consists of the Latin missa pro defunctis, sung by the choruses, and nine poems of Emily Dickinson, sung by the soprano.

Two portions of Amherst Requiem have been published in different forms.  They are Pie Jesu and I shall keep singing!