Following on from a year that focused on Handel’s ‘Messiah’, Norfolk Camerata are turning this Spring/Summer to another favourite of the choral repertoire: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’.
Mozart’s Requiem in D minor is his final, unfinished masterpiece, a haunting choral work for the dead commissioned anonymously, shrouded in legend as Mozart believed he was writing it for his own funeral as his health failed. It’s a deeply emotional journey through prayer, judgment, and hope, contrasting the terrifying “Dies Irae” (Day of Wrath) with moments of exquisite beauty like the “Lacrimosa,” blending profound human fear with pleas for eternal rest and mercy, ultimately completed by his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr.
The performance of the Requiem, under the direction of William Falconer and with professional soloists, will take place at St Nicholas’s Church, North Walsham on Saturday 4th July at 7.00 p.m. Tickets will be available nearer the time via the Norfolk Camerata website, via the phone numbers below or at the church on the day.
Rehearsals are currently taking place on Wednesday evenings from 7.30 p.m. at Benet Hall, St Nicholas’s Church, North Walsham. Any experienced singers who would like to join the Camerata for this performance are welcome to come along to rehearsals. Please phone Maggie Smyth (01603 783841) or Delia Malim (01692 407783 or 07787 917386) first as rehearsal dates and venue can vary.
Light refreshments will be available.