Sunday 18 April 2010 at Glyndebourne
Mozart Requiem, 3pm, Sunday 18 April 2010
The concert was in aid of two charities: Leo House at Home, a Sussex charity established to help children and young people with life-limiting conditions; and Lewes Railway Land Charity, supporting the construction of the Linklater Pavilion, which will encourage local people to learn about their environment.
The concert was performed by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Glyndebourne Chorus, conducted by James Gaffigan.
Soloists
Sally Matthews, soprano
Barbara Senator, mezzo soprano
John Mark Ainsle, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Glyndebourne would like to thank the soloists,
the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
and the Glyndebourne Chorus for taking part
in this special event.
About the Requiem
W A Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K.626
The intrigue surrounding the composition of
Mozart’s last work, his Requiem in D minor,
focuses around the mysterious, tall, dark
stranger who commissioned the work
anonymously. He paid a generous advance to
Mozart with the promise of the same amount on
delivery. Desperate for funds, Mozart accepted
the commission but his work was twice
interrupted, firstly to write La clemenza di Tito
which he completed in record time, and then to
direct the premiere of The Magic Flute.
By the
time he returned to the Requiem, Mozart was
desperately ill, and as his health declined he
became convinced that the mysterious stranger
was a visitor from another world and that the
Requiem he was composing would be his own.
The concert will last approximately 75 minutes with no interval.
About the Charities
The proceeds of the concert will be divided
equally between two local organisations.
Leo House at Home, a Sussex charity established
to help children and young people with life-limiting
conditions, strives to help give each child and his
or her family the best quality of life possible. Full
details of the charity’s work can be found on its
website: www.leohouse.org.uk
LEO house At Home: Caring for life-limited children and young people
registered Charity no: 1091541
The Railway Land Wildlife Trust is constructing a
building, known as the Linklater Pavilion, at the
entrance to the Railway Land Local Nature Reserve
in Lewes. Its purpose is to serve the Trust’s
educational aspirations to enable people to capture,
understand and celebrate aspects of their local
environment and systems on which we all depend. Find out more on:
www.railwaylandproject.org
Railway Land Wildlife Trust: Registered Charity no: 800655
Photo © Peter Weinberger