Thursday 05 October 2017

Mozart's Requiem with soloists and choir is a highlight of any concert season.

Honegger's dramatic symphony is also a requiem, and ends with a plea for reconciliation and peace. "My symphony is a drama in which three characters, real or symbolic, participate: misery, happiness and man," Honegger said of his symphony composed in the shadow of the Second World War. With movements that have titles from Catholic liturgy, the work moves from chaos and darkness to reconciliation and peace.

After a break, Mozart's last, and for many dearest masterpiece, Requiem, is performed with soloists, choir and orchestra. An expressive, powerful and peaceful work that you cannot help but be touched by. Mozart did not manage to complete the work before his death, aged 34.

The young soloist quartet consists, among other things, of three Norwegian singers who have international success - Ann-Helen Moen, who last sang with the orchestra in the Concertgebouw in January 2017, Ingeborg Gillebo who, among other things, won 2nd place in the Dronning Sonja International Music Competition in 2011, and Thorbjørn Gulbrandsøy which garners praise in Sweden.

Thierry Fischer conductor
Ann-Helen Moen soprano
Ingeborg Gillebo mezzo-soprano
Thorbjørn Gulbrandsøy tenor
Leon Kosavic bass baritone

Bergen Philharmonic Choir
Edvard Grieg Choir
Håkon Matti Skrede choir master

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Arthur Honegger Symphony No. 3 "the liturgical"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem