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A requiem to honour the dead in Venice: Claus Peter Flor conducts Mozart

By Alexander Hall, 03 April 2021
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“by far the most impressive contribution came from the quartet of soloists”
Reviewed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice on 2 April 2021
Programme
Mozart, Motet in D major, "Ave verum Corpus", K618
Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626
Performers
Ruth Iniesta, Soprano
Cecilia Molinari, Mezzo-soprano
Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Tenor
Alex Esposito, Bass-baritone
Claudio Marino Moretti, Choirmaster / chorus director
Coro del Teatro La Fenice
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
Claus Peter Flor, Conductor
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Alexander Hall
Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.