"Pie Jesu" (from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem) as sung at the 11:00 o'clock service on June 14, 2009

The vocalist is Jordan Stadvec of Princeton, West Virginia, a niece of Dr. Charles Chandler. Stadvec is a junior voice and piano major at Concord University.

Pie Jesu is a motet derived from the final couplet of the Dies irae and often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass. The settings of the Requiem Mass by Luigi Cherubini, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Fredrik Sixten include a Pie Jesu as an independent movement. Of all these, by far the best known is the Pie Jesu from Fauré's Requiem; Camille Saint-Saëns said of it, "just as Mozart's is the only Ave verum corpus, this is the only Pie Jesu". The version from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem has gained popularity especially in the world of popular music as a separate song. (Wikipedia)

Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu Qui tollis peccata mundi Dona eis requiem Dona eis requiem Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi Dona eis requiem Dona eis requiem Sempiternam, sempiternam requiem

Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy You who take away the sins of the world Grant them rest Grant them rest Lamb of God, Lamb of God Lamb of God, Lamb of God You who take away the sins of the world Grant them rest Grant them rest rest everlasting, everlasting