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Balthasar Neumann Choir & Orchestra / Thomas Hengelbrock

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Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 20:00
Coincidence or fate? No other work in music history allows this question to be discussed as emotionally as Mozart’s unfinished Requiem. Mozart died at the age of just 35 while composing the requiem mass – what sounds like the stuff of a great tragedy is a reality. But despite all the legends, one thing remains above all: Mozart’s music, which is probably one of the most moving settings of the liturgical requiem text. The wrath of God, human grief, fear... Read full text

Keywords: Early Music, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Orchester
Carolyn SampsonSoprano
Eva ZaïcikMezzo-Soprano
Benjamin BrunsTenor
Tareq NazmiBass
Thomas HengelbrockConductor

Program

Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4Johann Sebastian Bach
Requiem in D minor, K. 626Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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