Event listing: Prom 23: Mozart - Requiem | Royal Albert Hall | Sun 3 Aug 2014 at 20:00

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

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Programme

McLeod, John (b. 1934)	The Sun Dances (London première)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, Op.60
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Requiem in D minor, K626 (compl. Robert D Levin)

Performers

Carolyn Sampson	Soprano
Christine Rice	Mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Ovenden	Tenor
Neal Davies	Bass
National Youth Choir of Scotland
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Sir Donald Runnicles	Conductor

Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra are joined by the National Youth Choir of Scotland for Mozart’s ever-popular Requiem – the composer’s poignant and prescient anticipation of his own death. Scottish composer John McLeod’s The Sun Dances is a glowing, iridescent work inspired by an Easter folk legend from the West of Scotland. At the centre of the programme is Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony, its muscular, structural elegance wound around a boisterous scherzo.

Seats £7.50 to £38 (plus booking fee).

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Mozart’s last year and the Requiem

Danny Riley, 2nd October

Mozart’s final months and Requiem mass are a source of popular fascination. But was 1791 really his annus horribilis?

Prom 23: mixed views on a mixed programme

Julia Savage, 6th August

Prom 23 contained a mixed programme of McLeod, Beethoven and Mozart. Whilst each piece was enjoyable in its own right, and some truly outstanding musicianship was evident throughout the evening, the lack of connection between the pieces left a feeling of unsettledness.

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