Libera Me from Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem at the first Temple Tifereth-Israel
Cleveland on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), a beautiful
performance by City Music Cleveland Thursday night. Y'no Verdi also wrote an anvil chorus, although he did not ever score for
coughing audience. The performance was otherwise uninterrupted for an hour and a quarter. It was serious music for a serious commemoration.
More than an hour before scheduled performance, this was a concert with anticipation. Not every day, does what was once the most prominent Jewish temple in the city have a Requiem Mass.
The sacred music began with cellos.
The conductor (James Gaffigan) pointed out the percussion section for recognition in Verdi's Requiem. The bass drummer was dressing and undressing his drums with black cloths.
One pair of trumpeters on the corner of the balcony, and another pair in the other far corner played during a section of the score.
At times, the conductor and instrumentalists were in a fury of motion and sound.
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