Mozart
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Stephen Layton conducts a distinguished array of soloists, Polyphony and the City of London Sinfonia in Mozart's tragic masterpiece the Requiem.
大象传媒 PROMS 2011
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Continuing the Proms Choral Sundays with Mozart's tragic masterpiece which was composed in the final months of his life and left unfinished at his death. Also on the programme is the young Benjamin Britten's tribute to his teacher, Frank Bridge, and a new work by Colin Matthews which arose out of what the composer describes as an obsession with the First World War. The work sets texts from the poet, Christopher Reid's Airs and Ditties of No Man's Land which have as their scenario the image of the corpses of two soldiers hanging on the barbed wire of no-man's-land. As they do so, scraps of song, memories and reflections pass through their minds. Stephen Layton conducts Polyphony, the group that he founded in 1986, along with the City of London Sinfonia of which he is now the Principal Conductor.
Mozart (compl. S眉ssmayr): Requiem in D minor
Emma Bell (soprano)
Renata Pokupic (mezzo-soprano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Henk Neven (bass)
Polyphony
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton (conductor)
This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 23rd August at 2.30pm.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr
Conductor: Stephen Layton Performer: Emma Bell - Soprano Performer: Ian Bostridge - Tenor Performer: James Rutherford - Baritone Performer: Renata Pokupic - Soprano Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Polyphony
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- Sun 21 Aug 2011 20:10大象传媒 Radio 3
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