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Prom 69: Mozart鈥檚 Requiem

Live at the 成人快手 Proms: Rapha毛l Pichon conducts Pygmalion, with Erin Morley, Beth Taylor, Laurence Kilsby and Alex Rosen, in Mozart's last masterpiece, his incomplete Requiem.

Live at the 成人快手 Proms: Rapha毛l 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 鈥業n paradisum鈥�
Mozart: Requiem in D minor (compl. S眉ssmayr), interspersed with:
Ach, zu kurz ist unsers Lebenslauf
Masonic Funeral Music
Kyrie in D minor, K 90
Thamos, King of Egypt 鈥� 鈥楴e pulvis et cinis鈥�
Five Solfeggios 鈥� No 2
Quis te comprehendat
Two Church Songs 鈥� No 2: 鈥極 Gottes Lamm鈥�

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

There will be no interval

Rapha毛l Pichon and his exciting ensemble Pygmalion present an alternative vision of Mozart鈥檚 Requiem, famously left incomplete at the composer鈥檚 death. Tonight鈥檚 reimagining swells the popular completion by Mozart鈥檚 pupil S眉ssmayr with additional pieces to create a compelling alternative sequence.

2 hours, 14 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor, compl. S眉ssmayr with additional works by Mozart

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

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

    All the Ends of the Earth

    Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble. Conductor: David Hill.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Herbert Howells

    Magnificat (Collegium Regale)

    Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Sep 2023 19:00

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