Concert Raphaël Pichon conducts Mozart's Requiem

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem, K. 626
- 1. Introitus : Requiem aeternam
- 2. Kyrie
- 3. Dies Irae
- 4. Tuba mirum
- 5. Rex tremendae
- 6. Recordare
- 7. Confutatis maledictis
- 8. Lacrimosa dies illa
- 9. Domine Jesu
- 10. Hostias
- 11. Sanctus
- 12. Benedictus
- 13. Agnus Dei
- 14. Communio: Lux aeterna

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Raphaël Pichon conducts Mozart's Requiem Aix-en-Provence Festival

About

Relive an unforgettable musical and theatrical experience with this singular production of Mozart's Requiem, staged by the defiantly nonconformist director Romeo Castellucci at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2019. Raphaël Pichon leads his acclaimed ensemble Pygmalion, whose impeccable musicianship and refreshingly original approach to early music have led them to the highest echelon of period-instrument outfits working today. Four magnificent solo voices—soprano Siobhan Stagg, alto Sara Mingardo, tenor Martin Mitterrutzner, and bass Luca Tittoto—blend seamlessly with the choir and orchestra in the most famous of all requiem masses, left unfinished by Mozart at his death.

"Mozart's Requiem," writes musicologist Olivier Bellamy, "is resolutely theatrical. From moment to moment, the music alternates between terror, joy, supplication, exaltation, and scriptural piety." Castellucci seizes upon all of these contrary, shifting moods to offer up a poetic and intensely philosophical reading of this uncontested masterpiece of Western music.

This production contains nudity; viewer discretion is advised.

Cast

Romeo Castellucci | Stage director, Costume designer, Lighting designer
Piersandra Di Matteo | Dramaturgy
Evelin Facchini | Choreographer

Siobhan Stagg | Soprano
Sara Mingardo | Alto
Martin Mitterrutzner | Tenor
Luca Tittoto | Bass
Armelle Froeliger | Soprano
Chadi Lazreq | Soprano child

Chœur de l'Ensemble Pygmalion
Mathieu Pordoy | Singing master

Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon | Conductor

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem, K. 626
- 1. Introitus : Requiem aeternam
- 2. Kyrie
- 3. Dies Irae
- 4. Tuba mirum
- 5. Rex tremendae
- 6. Recordare
- 7. Confutatis maledictis
- 8. Lacrimosa dies illa
- 9. Domine Jesu
- 10. Hostias
- 11. Sanctus
- 12. Benedictus
- 13. Agnus Dei
- 14. Communio: Lux aeterna