Live performance by Sarah Brightman and Ben De'ath. Taken from 'Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration'.
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Pie Jesu, (4x); Qui tollis peccata mundi; Dona eis requiem. (2x)
Pie Jesu, (4x); Qui tollis peccata mundi; Dona eis requiem. (2x)
Agnus Dei, (4x); Qui tollis peccata mundi, Dona eis requiem (2x); Sempiternam. (2x)
Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu is a motet derived from the final couplet of the Dies irae and often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass. The settings of the Requiem Mass by Luigi Cherubini, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins and Fredrik Sixten include a Pie Jesu as an independent movement. Of all these, by far the best known is the Pie Jesu from Fauré's Requiem; Camille Saint-Saëns said of it, "just as Mozart's is the only Ave verum corpus, this is the only Pie Jesu".
The Andrew Lloyd Webber version combines the text of the Pie Jesu with that of the version of the Agnus Dei formerly appointed to be used at Requiem Masses:
°Pie Jesu, (4x)°Qui tollis peccata mundi
°Dona eis requiem. (2x)
Agnus Dei, (4x)
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
Dona eis requiem (2x)
Sempiternam. (2x)
Merciful Jesus,
Who takes away the sins of the world,
Grant them rest.
Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sins of the world,
Grant them rest
Everlasting.
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