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´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms 2023: 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 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)

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.