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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent and Ivan Fischer at the 麻豆社 Proms. An all-Mozart programme of music composed in the last year of his life, including the Requiem and the Clarinet Concerto with soloist 脕kos 脕cs.

Presented by Ian Skelly from the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 26 August 2016.

Mozart: Concert aria 'Per questa bella mano', K612
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
(compl. S眉ssmayr)

脕kos 脕cs (clarinet)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Barbara Kozelj (mezzo-soprano)
Jeremy Ovenden (tenor)
Hanno M眉ller-Brachmann (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iv谩n Fischer (conductor)

The story of Mozart's last months is almost as remarkable as the string of masterpieces he produced during them. Who was the cloaked figure rumoured to have commissioned Mozart to write the Requiem? We'll never know, but the deathly tread, furious fight and radiant hope of the music remain unparalleled.

Iv谩n Fischer brings his equally exceptional Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Proms, joined by one of Europe's leading choirs for the Requiem, alongside the autumnal shades of Mozart's late Clarinet Concerto.