Cherubini Requiem in C Minor

I cannot take long, but I just had a great idea.  And I wanted to share.

Luigi Cherubini.  His Requiem in C minor could potentially be done by a church choir.  And if I have a church gig again, I might pick a movement and program it in a service (when appropriate).  Maybe his "Dies Irae" movement?  Although that's a little long.  Maybe some of his other music could be programmed.  Now I am really excited.  There are so many great masterworks and I often think that some of it can be a stretch.  However, I really feel like some of his music could be done.

The Sanctus- if you have basses that don't sound like they are choking.  Is that difficult to do?  I'm not a bass.  I would want to make sure I could help them get the sound I wanted.  The Sanctus is short, but I love it.

Would I use a piano?  That over an organ, I think.

I could combine the Sanctus with his Pie Jesu.  How great!  It would take lots of good focus and it would have to be after we have already worked extensively one creating a beautiful, sustained tone.

I am too excited.  Now I want to listen for all the classics and see if I could conduct them with a church choir.

Finishing my listen to the Requiem.  And then going to listen to some of his other choral works.

And at the end... "et lux perpetua luceat eis" goes on for measures with every part singing a C in some octave and handing off the words to each other!  So clever, Cherubini!