Requiem for Solace

• String Orchestra

• Trumpet in C

• Piccolo trumpet is Bb

• Percussion 1: Timpani, Hi-hat, Snare Drum, Triangle, Rainstick, Low Tam-tam, Floor Tom, Darabuka, Bass Kick, Woodblock, Bass Handbell in Bb (can be replaced with Chimes).

• Percussion 2: Bass Drum, Low Tam-tam, Glockenspiel, Riq (or tambourine), African Shaker and Triangle Percussion 3 Chimes, Suspended Cymbal, Crash Cymbal, 4 Tom-toms, Congas, Triangle, Wind Chimes.

”Requiem” was commissioned by the Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choid and conductor Bjørn Moe, Trondheim, Norway, and was premiered in ithe Nidaros Cathedral on April 6, 2014. The work had its New York peremiere in Carnegie Hall in 2017. This version was updated by the composer in 2018.

The work includes parts of the original Requiem Mass text, a poem by Emily Dickinson, "Not in Vain", and also a remembrance poem of unknown origin written in the 20th century.

This “Requiem” is not dedicated to any particular person or group, but written with the aim of providing solace to people who are in pain and grieving, or to assist in a moment of remembrance and honoring.