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Prom 69: Mozart’s Requiem

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion, with Erin Morley, Beth Taylor, Laurence Kilsby and Alex Rosen, in Mozart's last masterpiece, his incomplete Requiem.

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion and soloists Sandrine Piau, Beth Taylor, Laurence Kilsby and Alex Rosen in Mozart's last masterpiece, his incomplete Requiem.

Presented by Hannah French, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Trad.: Plainsong ‘In paradisum’
Mozart: Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr), interspersed with:
Ach, zu kurz ist unsers Lebenslauf
Masonic Funeral Music
Kyrie in D minor, K 90
Thamos, King of Egypt – ‘Ne pulvis et cinis’
Five Solfeggios – No 2
Quis te comprehendat
Two Church Songs – No 2: ‘O Gottes Lamm’

Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano)
Laurence Kilsby (tenor)
Alex Rosen (bass)
Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon (conductor)

There will be no interval

Raphaël Pichon and his exciting ensemble Pygmalion present an alternative vision of Mozart’s Requiem, famously left incomplete at the composer’s death. Tonight’s reimagining swells the popular completion by Mozart’s pupil Süssmayr with additional pieces to create a compelling alternative sequence.

2 hours, 14 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor, compl. Süssmayr with additional works by Mozart

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Judith Weir

    All the Ends of the Earth

    Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble. Conductor: David Hill.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Herbert Howells

    Magnificat (Collegium Regale)

    Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Sep 2023 19:00

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