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...funeral took place in a church only 100 yards from the site of the accident and was attended by 1,500 mourners, including both Catholics and Protestants. The majority of them were women. In his homily at the Requiem Mass, Father James Kelly told the congregation: "A broken heart was the cause of Anne's death. In truth she died four years ago." An even more tragic truth is that Mrs. Maguire's suffering was not at all exceptional. "There are hundreds of Mrs. Maguires in Northern Ireland whom you never hear about," said one mourner. "They...
Roman Catholic priest who served as president of the University of Notre Dame during its postwar expansion (1946-52) and who, as a friend and curate to the Kennedy family, said a Requiem Mass for the assassinated President at the White House in 1963; in South Bend...
...baroque-that few before had been able to move from church choirs and amateur choruses into a professional concert series. In the past three years, the group (which works with a nucleus of 29 singers and 28 instrumentalists) has given notable performances of such works as Mozart's Requiem, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Haydn's Nelson Mass, and yes, the Messiah, every year...
...Verdi's "Requiem"--Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Sanders Theater...
...Orchestra. One musician came all the way from Florida. Brant's music is fairly frequently played by major ensembles, but he has no illusions about the practicality of a work for 80 trombones. "I think no further than the first performance," he says. "Probably when Berlioz wrote his Requiem, which needs four brass bands, it didn't appear practicable either. But he wrote it, and it got played...