Mozart's Requiem

Vocal soloists and choral forces join the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Minasi for two compelling classical works.
As Haydn composed a mass for his royal patrons, Austria prepared to defend itself against Napoleon’s military advances. The bombardment seeped into Haydn’s music and the work’s title, ‘Mass in Time of War’. Following Haydn’s death, it was the Requiem by his late friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that was chosen to be played at the state memorial.
Recorded at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh on 30 April 2026

Haydn: Missa in Tempore belli, in C major, H. 22/9

Interval

Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626

Louise Alder - soprano
Hanna Hipp - mezzo-soprano
Julien Henric - tenor
Daniel Okulitch - bass-baritone
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
SCO Chorus (Gregory Batsleer, chorus director)
Riccardo Minasi - conductor

Kate Molleson - presenter
Laura Metcalfe - producer

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