Salzburg Festival 2017 Mozart Requiem in D minor K 626

Mozarts Requiem his final and unfinished masterpiece is an extraordinary work Discover the piece at the Salzburg Festival in the hands of conductor Teodor Currentzis the ensemble musicAeterna Anna Prohaska soprano Katharina Magiera contralto Mauro Peter tenor and Tareq Nazmi bass Few musical works are as steeped in legend as Mozarts Requiem in D minor K 626 Commissioned anonymously by the eccentric count Franz von Walsegg the funereal oeuvre would become Mozarts last when he died on December 5 1791 only the Requiem aeternam and Kyrie movements were fully composed and orchestrated Completed by other composers Mozarts student Franz Xaver Süssmayer in particular using Mozarts sketches and notes the resulting work weaves the emotions we associate with death into a timeless musical exploration of every human beings destiny and constitutes a powerful final testament to its creators genius