Mozart and Bartók: Life after death

By Jane Shuttleworth, 20 June 2011

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Reviewed at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage One, Gateshead on 19 June 2011

Bartók, Viola Concerto, Sz 120

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

Thomas Zehetmair, Conductor

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Ruth Killius, Viola

Malin Christensson, Soprano

Jurgita Adamonytė, Mezzo-soprano

Thomas Walker, Tenor

Andrew Foster-Williams, Baritone

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Patriotic Sibelius and early Mendelssohn are served up at the Glasshouse in Gateshead.

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Jane Shuttleworth

Jane Shuttleworth is a choral singer and recorder player, and specialises in Renaissance, baroque and modern music. She lives in Durham and runs a local music listings, news and reviews site Music in Durham