COME & SING MOZART’S REQUIEM

The Requiem was Mozart's last great work; commissioned in mysterious circumstances and left unfinished by the dying composer, it continues to fascinate scholars and musicians alike. Come and sing the music of Mozart's final days with the BBC Singers and their Chief Conductor David Hill.

BBC Singers
Stephen Betteridge piano
David Hill conductor

PERFORMANCE ON 3

MENDELSSOHN Overture 'Die Schone Melusine'
MENDELSSOHN Verleih' uns Frieden
MENDELSSOHN Psalm 42 ‘Wie der Hirsch schreit’, Op 42
MOZART Requiem (completed Sussmayr)

Katharine Fuge soprano
Renata Pokupic mezzo-soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Matthew Brook bass
BBC Singers
City of London Sinfonia
David Hill conductor

Works for chorus and orchestra by two of the most precocious musical geniuses: Mendelssohn's choral works and overture were written in his twenties, while Mozart's setting of the Mass for the Dead was, famously, the piece left unfinished at his untimely death.