Oxford Harmonic Choir is pleased to present our Autumn concert of two complementary classical works.

Mozart tragically did not live to complete his Requiem (K. 626), but score we have, completed by his pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr, contains some of Mozart’s most gripping music. It is a work whose influence can be heard to resonate through the ages and even into the present day: echoes of the well-known “Lacrimosa” can be heard in the soundtrack for the Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer (2023).

Another of Mozart’s few students, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composed the other piece in this programme. The Mass in B-flat, Op. 77, is filled with the senior composer’s clarity, grace and occasional daring moments. The imposing fugue that crowns the “Gloria” particularly stands out as the latter.

As well as our regular partners, The Orchestra of Stowe Opera, we welcome soloists Nazan Fikret (soprano), Felicity Buckland (mezzo), Robert Lyn Evans (tenor) and Richard Wiegold (bass).

£15 – £18