[[POSTPONED] Mozart Requiem]

Vlaams Radiokoor © Wouter Van Vaerenberh

Vlaams Radiokoor choir

Sandra Paelinck mezzo-soprano

Charles Dekeyser bass

Stephan Adriaens tenor

Annelies Van Gramberen soprano

Jan Schweiger conductor

Program

Franz Schubert – Symphony no. 8 ‘Unvollendete’ D.759

Anton Webern – Langsamer Satz

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in d-mol (KV 626)

Ironically, Mozart wrote his famous Requiem when he himself was on his deathbed. When he died, he left behind an incomplete score, as if his farewell to life did not signal the end of his music. And, indeed, his huge work for choir and orchestra is unearthly and beautiful, a source of comfort until today. The überromantic Schubert also eschewed earthly existence, with his motto “the inner life is the only life”. Just like Mozart, Schubert also left behind his most charming work in a fitting fashion, namely incomplete.

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