Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Requiem in D minor KV 626

Yukaru Fukui, soprano
Cláudia Pereira, mezzo-soprano
Tae Hwan Yun, tenor
Stephan Bootz, bass
Philharmonic Choir of the City of Bonn e. V.
Paul Krämer, rehearsal
Anselm Dalferth, dramaturgy
Beethoven Orchester Bonn
Dirk Kaftan, conductor

18:15 Concert introduction with Dirk Kaftan and Tilmann Böttcher on stage

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart called death "man's best friend" and had no idea that he would die before he could complete his last great work. His Requiem is one of a long series of musical works that capture the church's farewell rite in sound, accompanying it with tones, giving it a form that goes beyond the text and reinforces its ritual character.

Rituals of farewell, rituals of new beginnings: an attempt to find support and thereby gain new perspectives, to make it possible to live on in the face of death and with death.

We are trying to gain new perspectives on Mozart's Requiem, whose performances have become part of concert rites. Hardly any composer has found a wider range of expression between deep, personal despair and the brightest light for the ancient texts!