This is the annual end-of-year greeting.I had started preparing to do "Lilium."However, upon hearing the news of the passing of my dear friend Andrew Nash, I hastily (although it was only three months ago) switched to the final movement of Fauré's Requiem, "In Paradise." This performance is dedicated to Andrew, and to all those whose lives continue through the work they left behind, with feelings of remembrance, gratitude, and quiet hope.
Faure: Requiem Finale "In Paradise"
Gabriel Faure's Requiem One of the distinctive features of Opus 48 is that at the endIn Paradisum It includes:
It is not part of the traditional Requiem Mass, but belongs to the funeral rites and is sung as the body is carried out of the church.Dies Irae He deliberately chose to end the Requiem in this way to avoid the fear and judgment often emphasized in death-centered settings. Instead, he portrayed death as a gentle transition and release, ending with light, comfort, and quiet hope rather than fear.In Paradisum By placing this as the final movement, Fauré transformed the Requiem into a farewell filled with peace, rest, and the expectation of being ushered into paradise.
In Paradisum — Lyrics and Translation
| Latin | Translation |
| In paradisum deducant te angeli, in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere aeternam habeas requiem. | May the angels guide you to paradise At your coming, the martyrs will welcome you. May He lead you to the holy city of Jerusalem. May the choir of angels greet you, And with Lazarus, who was once poor May you find eternal rest. |
About Andrew Nash
This video died three months ago. Andrew Nash This is a tribute to Andrew, a distinguished identity expert and a dear friend. Kantara Initiatives と OpenID Foundation I had the privilege of working with him at , where his impact on the global digital identity ecosystem was profound and lasting.
He is the driving force behind the creation of the Shared Signals Framework, which has recently attracted attention from the US government and others (2013 white paper1(author of ), who combined vision, technical rigor, and a rare sense of what actually works."Implementing and Managing PKI e-Security (RSA Press)"You may be more familiar with him as the author of
On a more personal note, I once invited Andrew to be a keynote speaker at the OpenID Summit Tokyo 2011. In 2013, his ex-wife, Pam Dingle, visited my home in Japan. Over the years, I have visited Pam and Andrew's home many times for RSA bootstrap parties and other gatherings, and along with many fellow Identirati, I left my signature under the floorboards. During a home renovation project, Andrew told me in the workshop he built for the renovation that he wanted to one day build a piano. It was a dream he never got the chance to realize, but it remains a vivid reflection of his creativity and love of music.
About the video
All the video clips used in this film were shot by me. In Paradisum It features sacred and historic sites that resonate deeply with the spirit of:
- Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
- Glasgow Cathedral, Scotland
- Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spain
- Toledo Cathedral (Santa Maria Cathedral), Spain
- Royal Academy for Noble Ladies Chapel, Toledo, Spain
About Audio
The flute is by Natsuhiko Sakimura, the piano and marimba are by Junko Sakimura, and I also produced the choir and orchestra tracks.