Pie Jesu

Pie Jesu

AS DISCUSED IN class, the threat of the Last Judgment in the "Dies Irae" ("Day of Wrath") has (since 1970) been removed from Requiem masses (masses for the dead), often replaced by the gentler, "Pie Jesus" ("Sweet Jesus"), asking for mercy.
    The "Pie Jesus" is also from the hymn, "Dies Irae," based mainly on Zephaniah 1:15f.         Here is the "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Requiem, written for Webber's deceased father. It has since become among Webber's most popular pieces. This version has Latin and English lyrics. Go here. Or you might be able to play the console below.