Gregory Rose: Danse Macabre - II. Chorus 1 Requiem Aeternam by Toccata Classics published on 2015-07-29T17:41:06Z Music: Danse Macabre Composer: Gregory Rose Artists: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Chamber Ensemble; Gregory Rose Album: Gregory Rose: Danse Macabre Label: Toccata Classics TOCC0284 Street Date: September 2015 http://toccataclassics.com The “Danse macabre” – the idea that Death comes for everyone regardless of status or importance – has fascinated musicians for centuries. In 2011, inspired by a vast sixteenth-century painting by Bernd Notke in the Niguliste, St Michael’s Church in Tallinn, the English composer Gregory Rose (b. 1948) set the mediaeval German texts which sit below each panel, turning Notke’s terrifying vision into a bleak but grimly humorous ritual. Genre Choral