A real treat for Mozart lovers
SINCE their sell-out performance of Fauré’s Requiem in October, Newbury Choral Society have been working hard on an even more famous requiem, that by Mozart.
The concert on Saturday, April 13, will feature this well-loved and popular work as well Mozart’s Te Deum and Laudate Dominum.
Making up the programme will be an orchestral performance of Mozart’s Divertimento in D. These works span over two decades of the life of this most prodigious musician and contain examples of secular as well as sacred music. His Requiem was famously unfinished on his death, and
some mystery and intrigue surround it. Although commissioned by Count Walsegg-Stuppach, the work became increasingly viewed by the ailing Mozart as his own requiem.
Although commissioned by Count WalseggStuppach, the work became increasingly viewed by the ailing Mozart as his own requiem
After his death, at the request of his wife, Constanze, Franz Süssmayr, his assistant, completed the version now so familiar to concert-goers throughout the world. The Te Deum was his only venture into this form and shows both his youthful exuberance and structural echoes of Michael Haydn (brother of Joseph). Laudate Dominum is part of Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore and is often performed on its own as a concert piece.
It will be an opportunity to showcase the talent of the exciting young soprano Claire Ward.
The hand-picked professional orchestra will perform the Divertimento in D KV136 ,a youthful composition written in Salzburg in 1772.
The concert will take place in St Nicolas Church, Newbury, at 7.30pm on Saturday, April 13.
Both choir and orchestra will be conducted by music director Joe Tobin, who has already during his short tenure made a favourable impression on Newbury music lovers.
Tickets are available from choir members, online from the NCS website at www.newburychoral.org.uk They will also be available at the door.