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Requiem (Lloyd Webber)

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem is a requiem mass, which premiered in 1985. It was written in memory of the composer's father, William Lloyd Webber, who died in 1982.

Requiem

Requiem

Latin

memory of William Lloyd Webber

24 February 1985 (1985-02-24)

  • tenor
  • soprano
  • treble
  • choir
  • orchestra

Voices: , soprano, and treble soloists, and SATB choir (performed with boy sopranos and altos at the premiere)

tenor

Woodwinds: 2 (1st doubling alto flute, 2nd doubling piccolo and alto flute), 2 oboes (1st doubling oboe d'amore, 2nd doubling English horn), 2 clarinets (1st doubling E-flat clarinet, 2nd doubling bass clarinet), 2 saxophones (1st doubling soprano and tenor saxophones and alto flute, 2nd doubling alto and baritone saxophones and clarinet), 2 bassoons, and contrabassoon

flutes

Brass: 4 , 3 trumpets, and 4 trombones

horns

Percussion: & 4 percussionists playing side drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, small, medium, large and deep suspended cymbals, tambourine, deep military side drum, small ratchet rattle, glockenspiel, xylophone, gong, large gong, small bell, bells, chimes, bell tree, wood block, congas, maracas, marimba, high rototom, drum kit

timpani

Keyboards: (doubling celesta), synthesizer, and organ

piano

Strings: , violas, violoncellos, and double basses

harp

from Lloyd Webber's Requiem, sung by Jackie Evancho at Disney's Magic Kingdom, December 2010

Pie Jesu

from Lloyd Webber's Requiem, sung by Sissel Kyrkjebø at Oslo Spectrum, Norway November 2002

Pie Jesu