BBC Proms Season 2016 Episode 21 - Mozart Requiem

Airdate: 2016-Aug-26

Episode summary:

From the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny presents three works by Mozart, all written during the final months of his life. Conductor Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra are joined by Neal Davies for the concert aria Per questa bella mano, and clarinettist Akos Acs is the soloist in the Clarinet Concerto in A major. The prom concludes with Mozart's Requiem, as bass soloist Neal Davies returns to the stage with the soprano Lucy Crowe, mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj and tenor Jeremy Ovenden. The orchestra and soloists are joined by one of Europe's leading choirs, Collegium Vocale Gent.

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BBC Proms is the world's greatest classical music festival.