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Prom 54: Collegium Vocale Gent and the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 26-08-2016 19:30 26-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 54: Collegium Vocale Gent and the Budapest Festival Orchestra The story of Mozart’s last months is almost as remarkable as the string of masterpieces he produced during them. Who was the cloaked figure rumoured to have commissioned Mozart to write the Requiem? We’ll never know, but the deathly tread, furious fight and radiant hope of the music remain unparalleled. Iván Fischer brings his equally exceptional Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Proms, joined by one of Europe’s leading choirs for the Requiem, alongside the autumnal shades of Mozart’s late Clarinet Concerto. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Aria 'Per questa bella mano'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
~ Interval ~
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr)
Performers
Neal Davies – Bass
Iván Fischer – Conductor
Ákos Ács – clarinet
Lucy Crowe – soprano
Barbara Kozelj – mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Ovenden – tenor
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Collegium Vocale Gent
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Programme Note
The story of Mozart’s last months is almost as remarkable as the string of masterpieces he produced during them. Who was the cloaked figure rumoured to have commissioned Mozart to write the Requiem? We’ll never know, but the deathly tread, furious fight and radiant hope of the music remain unparalleled.
Iván Fischer brings his equally exceptional Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Proms, joined by one of Europe’s leading choirs for the Requiem, alongside the autumnal shades of Mozart’s late Clarinet Concerto.