[Intro: sustained pianissimo alto hum on D minor chord, wordless vowels, anticipatory build] [Verse: solo soprano enters quietly, chromatic ascending sob in slow 12/8] Lacrimosa dies illa Qua resurget ex favilla [Building Section: choir enters in full divisi, suspended dissonances resolving downward] Iudicandus homo reus Huic ergo parce, sancte [First Climax: choir fortissimo, dynamic peak on the sacred plea] Pie custos virtutum Dona eis requiem [Softer Return: solo soprano quietly, echoing the opening phrase] Lacrimosa dies illa [Second Climax: full choir returning on the central plea, broadening] Dona eis requiem [Outro: the Amen figure — ascending-descending soprano line, choir sustaining beneath, long decay] Amen [End]
