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The choral masterpieces of Mozart’s Requiem and Masonic Funeral Music take place in collaboration with the 40-strong prestigious Italian choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with the participation of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. This unique production takes place under the musical direction of Conductor Mro Lawrence Renes.

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The choral masterpieces of Mozart’s Requiem and Masonic Funeral Music take place in collaboration with the 40-strong prestigious Italian choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with the participation of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. This unique production takes place under the musical direction of Conductor Mro Lawrence Renes at St Dominic’s Church, Valletta at 20:00 and lasts approximately one hour, 20 minutes. Seats are available in three different categories. 


Creative Team:

Conductor: Mro Lawrence Renes

Orchestra: Malta Philharmonic Orchestra

Soprano: Hanna Husáhr

Mezzo Soprano: Rihab Chaieb

Tenor: Toby Spence

Bass: Karl Magnus Fredriksson

Choir: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia


Further details:

Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year. A completed version of Mozart’s Requiem dated 1792 by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who commissioned the piece for a requiem service to commemorate the anniversary of his wife's death on 14 February.  Mozart’s “Masonic funeral music” was composed in 1785. This is a short but extremely poignant work, considered one of Mozart's absolute masterpieces, but rarely performed due to the uniqueness of its original orchestration: 2 Oboes, 1 Clarinet, 3 Basset Horns, 1 Contrabassoon, 2 Horns and Strings.