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City Halls
Candleriggs
Glasgow
G1 1NQ
Scotland
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D minor, K.626
Franz Schubert – Rosamunde Overture, D.644
Anton Bruckner – Te Deum, WAB 45
Performers
Anna Heywood – soprano
Penelope Cousland – mezzo-soprano
Glen Cunningham – Tenor
Rhys Thomas – Bass
Graham Taylor – Conductor
Orchestra of Scottish Opera
City of Glasgow Chorus
Programme Note
Mozart’s Requiem is one of the most sublime choral works ever written.
It was commissioned anonymously by Count Franz von Walsegg to commemorate the anniversary of the death of his wife, Countess Anna von Walseg.. He intended to pass it off as his own work. Half of the commission fee was paid upfront, with the balance due upon completion of the Requiem.
Unfortunately, Mozart died with the Requiem unfinished and so Constanze tried to get the piece completed in secret so that she could pass it off as Mozart's work.
Franz Xaver Süssmayr who had begun studying with Mozart in 1791, completed the work in February 1792.
