Mozart Requiem
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL CHOIR
& BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
As Lent enters the drama and emotion of Holy Week, Washington National Cathedral offers a Palm Sunday performance of Mozart’s Requiem, the very piece Mozart was working on in the final days of his own earthly journey.
The Washington National Cathedral Choir & Baroque Orchestra take on Mozart’s heart-wrenching Requiem, in the edition completed by his student, Franz Sussmeyr. Dark and enigmatic, the Requiem is a profound tribute to the themes of life, death and resurrection that shape the Holy Week narrative.
The performance begins with the Requiem by Herbert Howells, interposed with broody arias from a selection of J.S. Bach’s cantatas. Come reflect on Christ’s own journey through the valley of the shadow of death through this emotional performance of Mozart’s masterpiece.
Program
- Sinfonia – J.S. Bach
- Cantata BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden
- Salvator Mundi (O Saviour of the world)
- Requiem – Herbert Howells
- Arioso - Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe – J.S. Bach
- Cantata BWV 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe
- Psalm 23 (The Lord is my shepherd)
- Requiem aeternam (1)
- Requiem – Herbert Howells
- Aria - Es ist volbracht – J.S. Bach
- Cantata BWV 159 Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
- Psalm 121 (I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills)
- Requiem aeternam (2)
- Requiem – Herbert Howells
- Aria - Die Seele ruht
- BWV127 Herr Jesu Christ wahr’ Mensch und Gott – J.S. Bach
- I heard a voice from heaven
- Requiem – Herbert Howells
- Chorale - Jesu, deine Passion – J.S. Bach
- Cantata BWV 159 Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Intermission
- Requiem – W.A. Mozart
Personnel
- Laura Choi Stuart, soprano
- Hannah Hagerty, alto
- Matthew Smith, tenor
- Richard Giarusso, baritone
- Steven Combs, bass/baritone
- Washington National Cathedral Choir
- Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra
- Canon Michael McCarthy, conductor
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Admission
- $25-$95
- Student $15
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Dates Offered
- April 14, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm