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The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital
Venue: Royal Hospital Chelsea, SW3 4SR
Part of the Royal Hospital Chelsea Concert Series
Add to my Calendar 05-11-2014 19:00 05-11-2014 21:00 36 The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Mozarts Requiem Mass in D minor is undoubtedly the most famous of all unfinished musical compositions: composed in Vienna in 1791, the work was only partially complete when Mozart died of a fever on 5 December and was completed the following year by Franz Xaver Sussmayr, in order to fulfil the original commission by Count Franz von Walsegg, an amateur chamber musician who routinely commissioned works by composers and passed them off as his own! Tonight we hear the Requiem alongside Bach's 1733 Magnificat, a stunning extended setting of the Virgin Mary's speech from Lukes gospel for choir, soloists and orchestra. The Royal Hospital's own, critically acclaimed Chapel Choir, which is formed from some of London's finest professional choral singers and musicians, provides the chorus and soloists, and William Vann, Director of Music, conducts. NB. Please note change of venue. Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D minor, K.626
Performers
William Vann – Conductor
Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Wren Players
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Mozarts Requiem Mass in D minor is undoubtedly the most famous of all unfinished musical compositions: composed in Vienna in 1791, the work was only partially complete when Mozart died of a fever on 5 December and was completed the following year by Franz Xaver Sussmayr, in order to fulfil the original commission by Count Franz von Walsegg, an amateur chamber musician who routinely commissioned works by composers and passed them off as his own!
Tonight we hear the Requiem alongside Bach's 1733 Magnificat, a stunning extended setting of the Virgin Mary's speech from Lukes gospel for choir, soloists and orchestra. The Royal Hospital's own, critically acclaimed Chapel Choir, which is formed from some of London's finest professional choral singers and musicians, provides the chorus and soloists, and William Vann, Director of Music, conducts.
NB. Please note change of venue.
