Choirs sing "Dies Irae." "Dies Irae" is a Latin hymn ... “‘But I am here to tell you, as the angels spoke to the women, He is not here, for He is risen.’” Choirs and the orchestra perform ...

This popular Christmas song would probably have been rejected by the composer and lyricist had they known it in its present form. Felix Mendelssohn originally wrote the melody for an 1840 cantata ...