Full Orchestra: 3 Flutes 3 Oboes 3 Bb Clarinets 2 Bassoons Contrabassoon 4 F Horns 3 C Trumpets 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Harp Strings.

Commissioned by the Hickory NC Choral Society for their 35th anniversary season Dan Forrest's Requiem For The Living is scored for mixed choir with solos for boy soprano and/or mezzo-soprano soprano & tenor. The instrumentation is available for large orchestra or chamber ensemble. Combining both liturgical and non-liturgical texts in some cases the traditional texts are slightly re-arranged for contextual emphasis. This powerful five movement work projects a wide range of meaningful expression from a biting essay on the vanity and pain of existence to a plea for mercy and a celebration of eternal light. The work standsalone - but would be especially moving for all saints Good Friday or even Palm Sunday. Movements: Introit - Kyrie Vanitas Vanitatum Agnus Dei Sanctus Lux Aeterna 3. Instrumentations available on rental only: 1. Full orch. (HMB265a): 2 flutes 2 oboes 2 bb clarinets 2 bassoons 2 horns (or 1-4: if performing with a large choir horn lines may be doubled by a second player on each part) 2 bb trumpets 2 trombones bass trombone or trombone 3 tuba percussion (1 player: suspended cymbal crash cymbal bass drum triangle glockenspiel crotales (bowed) snare drum low tom-tom (opt.)(or other low drum) timpani (3) (one player) harp strings (min. Suggested count 4.4.2.2.1) full score. 2. Chamber version (HMB265b) - flute oboe horn in f (optional) combined percussion (one player: timpani suspended cymbal crash cymbal triangle glockenspiel crotales (bowed) snare drum low tom-tom (optional) (or other low drum) harp violin cello organ full score. 3. Expanded chamber version (HMB265c) - flute oboe horn in f(opt.) percussion from full orchestra version (1 player: suspended cymbal crash cymbal bass drum triangle glockenspiel crotales (bowed) snare drum low tom-tom (opt. or other low drum) timpani (3) from full orchestra version (1 player) harp strings from full orchestra version

For Soprano and Barintone soloists SATB and junior chorus and Orchestra.English text selected by Nicholas Fisher from the New Revised Standard Version of the Old and New Testaments. John Joubert 's An English Requiem was commissioned by the Grimmitt Trust for the 2010 Gloucester Three Choirs Festival and was given its first performance at Gloucester Cathedral on 9th August 2010 with the Festival Choirs of Gloucester Hereford and Worcester Carolyn Sampson (Soprano Neal Davies (Baritone) and Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Adrian Partington. Instrumentation: 3 Flutes (III/Piccolo)3 Oboes (III/Cor Anglais)3 Clarinets (III/Bass Clarinet)3 Bassoons (III/Contrabassoon)4 Horns in F3 Trumpets3 TrombonesTubaTimpaniPercussion (2 Players);Bass Drum Tenor Drum Side Drum Cymbals Tam-tam Crotales Triangle Tubular BellsHarpOrganStrings