Dies Irae (from 'Requiem') - Michael John Trotta

Pulsating rhythmic ostinatos, cluster harmonies, and soaring soprano lines are all present in this exciting a cappella concert work, possessing all the elements you'd expect from the composer of Veni, Veni Emmanuel. Based on the 13th century Dies Irae chant, the exciting minor texture contrasts driving rhythms and beautiful legato singing, while still remaining accessible. A perfect way to showcase your choir as a concert opener, closer, or for festival use.

[myopinionmatters]

we just got this for my mixed choir in high school, easily the best song we'll ever sing. Super excited!!!!

[NotfullyThr]

Honestly my favorite song in chorus class. I’m a bass and always loved singing it

[nevercare]

One of my favorite versions of this song definitely fun to sing

[whybellereidy]

I love your work and so does my choir teacher! We sing one of your compositions every semester. Lots of love from Dallas!

[rayleenielsen]

all three songs my choir is singing for festival next week are by you, theyre all so different but amazing i love this one especially!!

[Rainy_R]

Our highest choir at our school is going to sing this at our first concert of the year soon! This is my first ever year in choir so it's great to see what I could become in the future. I absolutely LOVE this song... and when they do that stomp near the end, it seriously gives me chills :)

[rethinkclutter]

My daughter just performed this with her choir for her concert and competition!!! They got first place because of it and she loves singing it!!

[jaymihirsch]

We sang this last year in my high schools mixed choir and it was so magical.

[arcanesoulz]

I got to watch a performance of this song in person, and it brought tears to my eyes. It is truly an incredible piece👏

[jaysonjgallardo]

singing it this year for my spring concert!!!

[lilykaneko]

This is truly beautiful and heart wrenching all at the same time. Beautifully done! I hope to teach this to my choir one day!😄

[caitlinm]

this is so incredible... a tear rolled down my face when i first heard it ong

[melora-on-harp]

This is one my brother’s favorite songs, and it’s soon becoming one of mine too. 😁 Awesome vocalists!

[maxwellmercer]

my choir sang this for our fall concert and we loved it so much that we’re bringing it back for our districts competition

[TheCrowOfJudgement]

Honored to sing this masterpiece with my hs choir, an amazing feeling to sing this!

[angeldog]

The number of times I heard this song at Madrigal Festival 😭😭

[Aimad_]

there is a new upcoming game called SILKSONG that uses this 0:24 as its main theme i wonder what does that mean

[Koda_Crossing]

We are performing this song for UIL this year and it’s a song I told my director about a year ago, I’m super excited to finally be singing this. Lovely piece! I was Also wondering, what are your favorite chords to write?

[beaheartjavier]

Dear Mr. Trotta, we would like to use this piece, "Dies Irae" for a University competition here in Philippines on May 2024. How do we process the copyright?

[GoldRust]

Yo, Tenor here. Really having fun with this piece in my choir class but im really struggling to keep the intensity in my voice when I hit the higher notes of the song. Do you have any tips?