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An almost all-Mozart programme closes the Oslo Church Music Festival

By Aksel Tollåli, 29 March 2017
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Reviewed at Oslo Cathedral, Oslo on 26 March 2017
Programme
Bach C.P.E., Symphony in G major, Wq 182/1
Mozart, Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major, K339
Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626
Performers
Dunedin Consort
Joanne Lunn, Soprano
Kitty Whately, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker, Tenor
Benjamin Appl, Baritone
John Butt, Director
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Aksel Tollåli
Aksel Tollåli
Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.