Saturday 12 Apr 2025
7pm
Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts || Concert Chamber
$13.60 - $40.60
Open Day - Hamilton
Cantando Choir - W.A. Mozart Requiem
- Saturday 12 Apr 2025
- 7pm
- Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts || Concert Chamber
- $13.60 - $40.60
Cantando Choir will be performing W.A. Mozartâs Requiem in D minor, K. 626, a work that continues to captivate audiences with its emotional depth, dramatic intensity and beautiful melodies.
The Requiem was written in the last months of Mozartâs life in 1791. Commissioned by an anonymous patron, it was left unfinished at the time of Mozartâs untimely death. His student Franz Xaver Sussmayr, completed the work, which includes some of the most powerful choral and orchestral moments in all classical music. From the stormy Dies Irae to the serene Lux Aeterna, the Requiem explores the complexities of the human condition.
âThis performance will showcase the Requiemâs grand choral passages and deeply emotional solos, brought to life by the upcoming voices from the University of Waikato and some of our finest local musiciansâ says Music Director Koli Jayatunge.
Dr Jonathan Dunlop and Dr Rachael Griffith-Hughes will perform with the choir and soloists using one piano and four hands.