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Salvator Church (Old Town Square)
Mozart's Requiem at Salvator Church
Prague, Salvator Church (Old Town Square) — Main Hall
About the Event
Experience an unforgettable event at Salvator Church in Prague's Old Town Square. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem, composed in Vienna in 1791, remains a poignant reminder of the composer's unfinished masterpiece. Initially commissioned by an anonymous individual, later revealed to be a servant of Count Franz von Walsegg‐Stuppach, the Requiem was intended to be passed off as the nobleman's own tribute to his late wife. Tragically, Mozart succumbed to illness in the midst of composing the Requiem, leaving behind a hauntingly beautiful and incomplete work.
Program
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
Artists
| Conductor: | Petr Chromcak |
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| Orchestra & Choir: | Czech Collegium Orchestra and Choir |
| Soprano: | Yukiko Kinjo |
| Alto: | Stanislava Jirků |
| Tenor: | Martin Šrejma |
| Bass: | František Zahradníček |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Perhaps the most important composer of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer of the late 18th century. Born in 1756 in Salzburg, he showed prodigious musical talent from childhood. Beginning at five years of age, he composed more than 600 works, including concertos, symphonies, religious works and operas before his premature death at the age of 35. Hi influence over successive generations cannot be overestated - Ludwig van Beethoven wrote of Mozart "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years”. Despite the immense success of his compositions, and the acclaim he received across Europe, Mozart achieved little financial security and rwas buried in an unmarked grave in Vienna's St Marx Cemetery.
Address
Salvator Church (Old Town Square), Salvatorska 1, Prague, Czech Republic — Google Maps
