Ipswich Choral Society presents Mozart's Requiem: Mozart’s mysterious masterpiece and world première at Snape at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape on Saturday 6th April 2019

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Ipswich Choral Society presents Mozart's Requiem

Mozart’s mysterious masterpiece and world première at Snape

Add to my Calendar 06-04-2019 19:30 06-04-2019 21:30 36 Ipswich Choral Society presents Mozart's Requiem Ipswich Choral Society with Music Director Robin Walker return to Snape following their hugely successful performance of Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ in 2017. The concert on 6 April features a mostly Mozart programme including his famous ‘Requiem’ and a world première of ‘The Affirming Flame’ by Tom Randle. Shrouded in mystery, the commissioning of the unfinished Requiem written at the time of Mozart's death in 1791 has always fascinated the musical world. Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ is a choral masterpiece and hugely popular with performers and audiences alike. For their performance at Snape, Ipswich Choral Society is delighted that their President, the international conductor Cem Mansur, will be joining them as guest conductor. Inspired by the ‘Ipswich Remembers’ performance when he was invited to sing with Ipswich Choral Society last March, Grammy award winning tenor and composer Tom Randle is thrilled that his new oratorio ‘The Affirming Flame’ will be premièred at Snape on 6 April. The five part oratorio uses text from poets such as Siegfried Sassoon and Carl Sandburg, and 'The Parcel' from local poet Pam Job of the Suffolk Poetry Society. Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Snape Maltings
Snape
Suffolk
IP17 1SP
England

Saturday 6th April 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ave verum corpus, K.618
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339: Laudate Dominum
Tom Randle – The Affirming Flame
~ Interval ~
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D minor, K.626

Performers

Robin Walker – Conductor
Cem Mansur – Conductor
Gillian Keith – soprano
Natalie Davies – contralto
Tom Randle – Tenor
Trevor Eliot Bowes – Bass
Michael Dolan – Leader

Ipswich Choral Society
ICS Festival Orchestra

Programme Note

Ipswich Choral Society with Music Director Robin Walker return to Snape following their hugely successful performance of Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ in 2017. The concert on 6 April features a mostly Mozart programme including his famous ‘Requiem’ and a world première of ‘The Affirming Flame’ by Tom Randle.

Shrouded in mystery, the commissioning of the unfinished Requiem written at the time of Mozart's death in 1791 has always fascinated the musical world. Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ is a choral masterpiece and hugely popular with performers and audiences alike. For their performance at Snape, Ipswich Choral Society is delighted that their President, the international conductor Cem Mansur, will be joining them as guest conductor.

Inspired by the ‘Ipswich Remembers’ performance when he was invited to sing with Ipswich Choral Society last March, Grammy award winning tenor and composer Tom Randle is thrilled that his new oratorio ‘The Affirming Flame’ will be premièred at Snape on 6 April. The five part oratorio uses text from poets such as Siegfried Sassoon and Carl Sandburg, and 'The Parcel' from local poet Pam Job of the Suffolk Poetry Society.

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