Details
All Saints Church
Kingston Market Place
Kingston upon Thames
London
KT1 1JP
England
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D minor, K.626
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339
Performers
Harriet Eyley – soprano
Ida Ränzlöv – Alto
Joel Williams – Tenor
Timothy Edlin – Bass
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Thames Sinfonia
Kingston Choral Society
Programme Note
We begin our year with a work shrouded in myth and intrigue: Mozart’s remarkable Requiem. Commissioned by a shadowy stranger in mysterious circumstances, its dark, sombre palette suggests that the superstitious Mozart suspected he had been asked to write his own epitaph; the work was left incomplete on his premature death. In contrast, Mozart’s Solemn Vespers are anything but solemn – expect a riot of effervescent, joyful choral colour!