Rob Kapilow Gives Mozart’s Requiem a New Vision

By Raisa Massuda, 12 April 2011

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Reviewed at Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, Washington on 10 April 2011

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

The Choral Arts Society of Washington

Rob Kapilow, Narrator

Norman Scribner, Conductor

Elizabeth Keusch, Soprano

Laura zuiderveen, Mezzo-soprano

Paul Austin Kelly, Tenor

Kevin Deas, Bass

An opening concert of contrasts in Washington DC

David Rohde, 3rd October

A good audience turnout for the opening of Noseda's third NSO season justifies an all-20th-century program centering on Carl Orff's popular and direct setting of medieval poems about real life and fate, but also presenting gentler works of religious reflection.

****1

Holy Schmitt! Choral Arts thrills with Schmitt's Psalm 47

Phillip Nones, 19th May

A concert featuring noteworthy choral works by Gabriel Fauré and his students Florent Schmitt and Lili Boulanger brings the fascinating musical milieu of turn-of-the-century Paris to life.

*****

A dynamic Carmina Burana at Wolf Trap

Phillip Nones, 28th July

Torrential downpours and the croaking of consumptive frogs fail to dampen spirits at Wolf Trap's National Symphony Orchestra concert featuring pianist Seong-Jin Cho, JoAnn Falletta and a massive community chorus.

****1

Sprawling Mahler 3 at the Kennedy

Hilary Stroh, 5th November

Big moments, largely conceived, but somewhat lacking in overall unity.

***11

Summer migration for Emerging Artists at Wolf Trap

Hilary Stroh, 7th August

Emerging talent to watch in Wolf Trap's summer production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

More than just words: Walton’s Façade in Virginia

Phillip Nones, 14th June

JoAnn Falletta, three reciters and musicians of the Virginia Arts Festival deliver a grand entertainment.

****1

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Raisa Massuda

A firm believer in the importance of music at any age, Raisa teaches Opera Appreciation Seminars in a Senior Center in Baltimore, MD. She has launched a Live Opera for Seniors series, allowing her low-income students to study and attend free. Raisa is the author of a music and opera blog called Mandolin Vision.