Requiem, Mass in C
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The full polyphony of Mozart’s sacred palette.
Dates
Lydia Hoen Tjore | soprano
Sun Ly Pierce | mezzo-soprano
Lunga Eric Hallam | tenor
Alex Rosen | bass
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski | direction
Chœur Etésias | direction Romane Belliot & Clément Pottier
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Sung in Latin, with French/English surtitles
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Approx. running time : 2h30
About
No work has ever had a more disturbing afterlife, amplified by two centuries of legend. The circumstances in which the Requiem was composed are steeped in romantic mystery. We now know that the work was commissioned by Count Walsegg, a great music lover, who wanted a requiem mass in memory of his deceased wife. Writing, which began in early 1791, was interrupted by the death of the musician, and the score was completed by two of his students, Eybler and then Süssmayer. However, religious repertoire was always a genre apart for Mozart, to which he returned regularly throughout his life. From his very first masses, he demonstrated his mastery of instrumental and vocal polyphony, of which the choruses of the Mass in C are a stunning example.
Production Théâtre des Champs-Élysées