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Karajan - Mozart Requiem
Herbert von Karajan conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna Singverein in Mozart's moving final masterpiece
Programme
Mozart:
Requiem K626
Performers
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Singverein
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Herbert von Karajan conducts Mozart's final, unfinished masterpiece, the Requiem K626.
Mozart dictated the work from his death bed in Dec 1791, getting as far as the Lacrymosa before he succumbed to fever aged just 35. Commissioned by a mystery figure, it poignantly turned into Mozart's own Requiem.
For more details on the work - particularly which parts Mozart finished and which were filled in by his pupils - see www.bostoncecilia.org.
For a Mills-and-Boonish account of Mozart's last day, accurate in respect of fact, dates, times, people and places, though a little fanciful in its style, see this article which was used by the creators of that website without the permission of the author. I know, because the author was me.
Mozart:
Requiem K626
Performers
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Singverein
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Herbert von Karajan conducts Mozart's final, unfinished masterpiece, the Requiem K626.
Mozart dictated the work from his death bed in Dec 1791, getting as far as the Lacrymosa before he succumbed to fever aged just 35. Commissioned by a mystery figure, it poignantly turned into Mozart's own Requiem.
For more details on the work - particularly which parts Mozart finished and which were filled in by his pupils - see www.bostoncecilia.org.
For a Mills-and-Boonish account of Mozart's last day, accurate in respect of fact, dates, times, people and places, though a little fanciful in its style, see this article which was used by the creators of that website without the permission of the author. I know, because the author was me.
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