Requiem for the Living - Dan Forrest- COMPLETE 

If this were a whole production team, it might be worth a bit of critique; but it was one guy doing all of this audio and video at the same time...and he wasn't even asked to do video until the day of the concert. So don't be too hard on him. I'm really grateful to have this video!

I am a soprano and I've performed this piece twice with the Louisville chorus in Kentucky. I listen to this requiem a lot. It's one of the most moving pieces I've ever done. Thank you for this beautiful requiem. I feel every emotion.

Gorgeous. Powerful. This joins three compositions by my own son in my Top Ten list of Best 21st century compositions.

My school district has a big music concert every year when both high school concert choirs and orchestras perform a masterpiece, and we'll be performing this.I used to see choir as an activity to make my mom happy. When my director had us listen to what we were going to do, I was excited to be in choir. Thank you for making this.

The soprano in the Agnus DEi is spectacular!!! WoW!!!

Grazie per questo Requiem. Struggente e pieno di speranza. Entra nel profondo dell'anima.

For the record, this performance is now available on iTunes, or a physical CD is available from Hinshaw Music.

My soul is devastated by the depth and beauty of your composition. I listen to everything I can find from you. Keep it coming.

Obsessed. I am filled with joy when I offer clips of this amazing sound for listening to my students. The soloists are exquisite.

I stumbled upon this by accident and what a sublime accident it turned out to be. This is simply stunning.

Thank you Dan Forest. One of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Your explanation of the piece is most descriptive and moving and I applaud your intention having written the work for the living. Performed well, this work brings tears to the eyes and heart. May God bless you.

I will be singing this work this coming Saturday in Sacramento with the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra. It is stunning. Thank you.

The Charleston (WV) Civic Chorus, joined by the West Virginia State University, presented the Requiem for the Living on May 10 with the chamber orchestra version. One of the most beautiful and moving works I have had the pleasure to sing. Our conductor and numerous others in the chorus (including me!) had tears in their eyes and goosebumps while we performed and I am told that many in the audience also cried throughout much of the piece. Thank you for your gift.

As a music student at The Master's College in Santa Clarita, CA, I will be privileged to perform this piece later this semester with the college choir. I am so excited! What a beautiful and moving composition. Thank you for your awesome contributions to music Mr. Forrest!

I watched and listened to Requiem for the Living this afternoon in Kona, Hi! I cried through the whole performance! Tears of joy, tears of sadness.... so beautiful! Thank you Dan Forrest for creating and writing such a beautiful piece! Lovely gift for the world! Music touches the soul!

My church's choir is singing this on Sunday! I'm super stoked and nervous for my tenor solo in Lux Aeterna! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Update: I crushed it! :) Thank you for writing such an awesome composition Mr. Forrest!!

A group composed of various local choirs sang this several years ago. I sang a soprano part. To this day, it is my FAVORITE.

I just want to thank you for this beautiful music maestro. Something really majestic and a heavenly experience.

Our community chorus, THE HENDERSONVILLE CHORALE, and high school singers from Brevard and Hendersonville, plus orchestra and guest soloistis is performing this on Sunday afternoon, 3.00. APRIL 30, 2017 at FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, HENDERSONVILLE,NC..I am so excited and honored to be a part of it... so beautiful..hard to get through it without crying....THANK YOU DAN FORREST..

By far the best version of this as there are many on youtube. The two guys were awesome, especially the older one. What a voice and what a choir and orchestra (organist, included). Still go back to this and listen when I'm feeling down or need a "pick me up." Dan Forrest has given so much and I, for one, am very thankful for him and his works.

Hoy he escuchado esta obra por primera vez, con mi madre cantando en el coro. Es magnífica, y el Kyrie absolutamente conmovedor. Muchas gracias, y saludos desde España.

Of all the requiems I've played or heard I love how this one is so string oriented and it was just so beautifully written; my favorite by far! My entire orchestra got so excited to be performing this work with our choir once we heard it!

Fantástico, tocou hoje (21/04/2024) na Rádio Cultura FM 1303,3 de São Paulo, onde o locutor comentou cada parte desta obra. 😍

Just heard this piece for the first time this past Monday night in Chicago. So. Gorgeous. Bought it on iTunes yesterday. Can't get enough of it, especially the Sanctus movement! Thank you, Dan, for your beautiful contribution!

We will be performing this on the 26th of April. I'm so excited

Olá, Dan! Sou Matheus Patrick, e escrevo do Brasil. Sou apaixonado por música em geral , ouvinte de música erudita, e particularmente obcecado pelos "Requiem", de modo que coleciono peças semelhantes de mais de 50 compositores em meu smartphone. Numa dessas buscas por novas "missas fúnebres" encontrei o seu Requiem, e que já me chamou a atenção pelo título: também destinado aos vivos. Que dádiva foi ter lhe descoberto! Essa peça tem sido minha trilha sonora há semanas, o dia inteiro e enquanto durmo. Só tô lhe escrevendo esse texto gigante pra lhe dizer que é UMA DAS COISAS MAIS LINDAS QUE JÁ OUVI NA VIDA, e fico extremamente alegre e orgulhoso por ser obra de um compositor contemporâneo. Já está em meu Top 8 dos "Requiem" preferidos : junto ao Gabriel Faurè, Osip Koslowski, Antonin Dvórak, Zbigniew Presner, Hector Berlioz, Vaclav Von Tomasek, Amadeus Mozart (não necessariamente nessa ordem). P. S. : O "Agnus Dei" dessa versão é a mais precisa e sublime que escutei, dentre todas as disponíveis no RU-vid. Colocar essa criança foi uma covardia, e me emociona bastante.

Just saw this at Bob Jones! This is the most beautiful concert I have ever heard!

i'm mesmerized by this. been listening it over and over!!!

The opening organ segment is incredibly compelling - and then it just keeps getting better. Rich with emotion!

Stunning work. Probably Dan's best yet.

The St. Edward's Masterworks Choir in Austin Texas performed this last night. Wonderful! Thank you so much for this beautiful music. I can't get "Vanitas" out of my brain!

I just popped in to hear the Agnus Dei and am so impressed with the young man who sang! Amazing job, Sir! I hope you are still singing!

I think it's my favorite symphonic masterpiece! Congratulations for all work!

Mi Picasso- Hinshaw Music sells the CD of this recording. It's also available on iTunes. Glad you like it!

Je vais avoir l'immense plaisir de chanter ce magnifique Réquièm avec mon choeur de CANNES le 12/03/16 dans l'église dont nous dépendons et où notre chef de choeur est Maitre de Chapelle et brillant compositeur également....J'en pleure d'émotion devant cette oeuvre...

Absolutely stunning. Thank you.

Magnificent Requiem Dan Forrest, thank you!

So beautiful. Inspired my soul this Christmas season. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent!

What a wonderful gift. Thank you Dan and all the performers. Exquisite in every possible way. Wow.

I'm so thankful for this! Thank you!

I am stunned at how good this is. I have an opportunity to see it performed this weekend. It's not one we're going to miss.

Absolutely stunning.

Huge thank you for writing this and to Maestro Jo-Michael Scheibe for the listening suggestion. Simply marvelous, as well as Te Deum.

Amazing work Mr. Forrest! Congratulations!!! We will be performing it with our choir here in Athens, Greece, at Easter time.... starting rehearsals tomorrow!! Can't wait!! We'll be very proud to pull this through. I'm sure the audience will love it!!!

Can't wait to sing this in New York in January... Thank u Dan Forrest for composing such a wonderful piece....

My favorite composer!!!! Sometimes I just sit and listen to Dan Forrest pieces on my laptop :)

The guy on the huge drum at 11:09 looks like Matt Damon... On a different note, this might be my favorite piece of music of all time. Thank you so much, Dan Forrest! It makes me cry!

Profoundly beautiful composition. Wonderful performance too.

Performed last night (11/16/14) at First United Methodist Church Round Rock (TX) by the Round Rock Community Choir (RRCC) with guests from the Round Rock Symphony, RRCC Youth Choir, and St Andrew's Episcopal School Select Choir from Austin. An incredibly impassioned experience that brought tears to my eyes from the sheer beauty of this music so sensitively and impeccably performed under the baton of Michael Rosensteel, artistic director. I believe that Dan Forrest would have been proud indeed to hear his music interpreted so well. Thank you Dan, for your continued gifts of the spirit to choirs all over the world.

Absolutely gorgeous, Dan! I love it!

This is going to be performed at St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church in New Orleans THIS SUNDAY (4/13/14) @ 10:30AM Central. We've got an incredible choir. I unfortunately cannot be there as I have a prior commitment--we've been working on it and it's a magnificent piece. :)

Just saw this performed by the Cantata Singers in Elmira/Corning NY area. WOW - just beautiful!!! A gorgeous piece!! Will listen to it often!

Love this! performed it in a school district wide choir and I'm surprised how many of the trouble cut-offs I remembered!

Lovely, lovely composition and delivery.

These choral numbers took me on a magical musical journey. Thank you so much. Seriously.

I went The Master's College concert last night and fell in love with this. Amazing music! -Rico

Beautiful

Thanks, Keaton! All the best to you for your performance in NY!

Speechless. Heavenly. Thank you.

Belíssimo!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Such an amazing piece of music! My brother played this with a group last month and he shared it with me because he knew I would love it! I have watched this video at least once a day; the music just calls to me! My favorite parts are the oboe interjections (one of the most beautiful instruments) and also the Tenor solo in the Lux Aeterna! When that part comes in, it makes me think of God standing at the gates of heaven welcoming you into eternal rest and peace! Not sure if that was your intent, but that gives me goosebumps every time thinking about that! Well done, sir! I can't wait to check out some of your other music! :-)

Absolutely brilliant!

Just sang this. Such a wonderful work

Lascolto di questo brano, fa riflettere sul sacro e il profano. Il percorso della nostra vita ci porta lontano dalle realta' che invece dovremmo seguire. Nel percorso odierno che ci conduce sempre ad un passo dal baratro, sia sociale che religioso.

Stunning! My community chorus is rehearsing this now and this recording has helped me understand the beauty of this piece. Kudos to the soloists in Agnus Dei! Wow!

The Moore County Choral Society is including this piece in its April 2016 concert. What a glorious work and it will be a thrill to perform it.

Wow - delightful, thanks !

Wonderful!

Cuando la estrenamos acá en Perú y canté junto a la orquesta surgió un sentimiento muy indescriptible. ¿Cómo pudiste captar tanto? Cada vez que la escucho me emociono, gracias por regalarme parte de ti en esta obra. Muchas gracias, por qué me conmuevo y recuerdo el por qué soy músico.

As you know, Dan, K-State is performing your REQUIEM this coming Sunday. Our daughter, who will receive her Master's in Vocal Performance from K-State on Fri., May 10, will be in the combination of "all choirs." I have purposely waited to listen until tonight, and am so thankful for this complete performance. Your music is profoundly other-earthly, in the very best sense of that tried and true phrase. I was born emotional and so it's not unusual for me to shed many tears during music so wonderfully beautiful, strong and moving. Even now, it's got it's "good hold" on my soul. Jan Kraybill and the Helzberg Hall Casavant organ will bring a decidedly additional sense of power to your fantastic and creative work. Jan never "covers" but supports with just the right amount. Don't know if you will be attending, but I hope to meet you in person if you are there. Keep up the great work. You're a hero to many a composer in our country and since I love KU, I'm so very proud that your Doctorate was earned there. If I recall, Frank Perez introduced us, on Facebook. Soli Deo Gloria, Dr. Forrest !!

Sublime!

:-) Me too- great to get this good of a performance preserved!

Dan this is amazing! I go to Staley High School and Mr. Resseguie said that we are doing this in New York?! That makes me siked!!! I cant wait. The piece for Ireland was amazing and so is all of your work. I cant wait till this summer!!

Our church choir just performed this today-beautiful piece!

I love my hard rock and metal but this is in a class by itself very well done keep up the amazing work

Dan, we saw a performance of this in Greensboro, NC by Bel Canto (same group performing here) but with a choir twice this size. We sat second row. It literally left tears in our eyes it was so moving. I hope to expose more people to your music as soon as we obtain the rights for our little station. I look forward to this version coming out on Amazon Music or something other than iTunes, but will settle for the CD. Thank you for your incredible writing! The story behind this music would be very interesting!

Hola, soy Lili, de Villa Carlos Paz, en Córdoba, Argentina. Estoy conmovida por la belleza de tu Música Dan!

Nice job on the piece. The initial build makes you feel the momentum of the piece. Really pleasant and and a bit powerful, in a good way.

The Master's College Collegiate is Performing this magnificent work today and tomorrow at Forrest Lawn in Glendale at the Hall of Crucifixion and Resurrection! (4/16/2014 and 4/17/2014)

I am privileged to be part of a production of this work this coming weekend in South Africa (the South African premiere of the Requiem if I'm not mistaken). What a privilege it will be to sit in the middle of that sound! Such an amazing piece!

Repito: É Belíssimo, um Show ímpar (Assim é outro nível mesmo)....

My skin hurts from the goosebumps this puts on me! :) Beautiful is too bland a word for such music.

You are a genius! I went to the War Museum in Athens to hear your creation performed by the Athens Singers and was mesmerised! What a coception! Are you Orff's recarnation? What a full music, soothing, just wonderful! Well done!! I have no words to describe the feelings evoked by your music.Thank you so much. Keep creating....

Our marching show includes sections from this it sounds awesome!!

We'll be singing this on 10/20/19 at Holy Cross Lutheran - Menomonee Falls, WI. Quite a challenge for our church choir.

So wonderful. A God given gift. Your music is so pleasant to listen to, thank you Mr. Forrest! The TTYC All-State Choir preformed two of your pieces at the State convention this year, I was so close to going to State in the Women's choir. I was an alternate, but next year! Being able to participate in such wonderful pieces they have to offer would be awesome.

Una genialidad.

I love this piece! It's so weird because I say these prayers at church (not so majestically) and at first I didn't recognize it till I read the individual movement titles. XP

Looking forward to seeing this at FMU Performing Arts Center!!

I'm curious if there are many High School Choirs that do this Masterwork in its entirety. Well, all I know is that my school's Varsity Choir and Adv. Women's Choir are performing this masterwork with the Orchestra and Band for our Masterworks Concert so I'm very excited!

Powerful, sumptuous, electrifying performance!

Una belleza esta obra.

Kept hearing about how great this requiem was. Thought I was through hearing about it, but it came up again a couple of weeks ago. Promised myself "what the heck?" Started listening a couple of hours ago and just finished. I can't stop listening. The best Requiem I've ever heard. The sound is awesome and the orchestra? Phenomenal! And who is the soloist at 34:00? Such a rich and clear voice. Wished there would have been more of him to sing. Hopefully Barnes and Noble will have it so that I can listen to it in my car. Now I want to get back to the best piece of music Mr. Forrest has written since "How Great Thou Art!" The piece? Jesus, We Look To Thee." Wow!!!!!!!

i loved it moving

I'm sorry Dan. Yes it is an amazing video. I'm glad to have heard it.

Wonderfull!...

molto e molto bello.

West Seneca West Senior High School will be performing this for Mother's Day!

Magnífico!

Love