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31 Oct 2025, Barbican, London
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ѿý Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season Mozart's Requiem

ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Mozart's Requiem
19:30 Fri 31 Oct 2025 Barbican, London

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With some pieces, the myth is almost as compelling as the music – and few masterworks are more shrouded in myth than Mozart’s uncompleted Requiem. But nothing speaks more eloquently than Mozart’s own inspiration, and tonight, on the eve of All Souls, Sakari Oramo and the ѿý Symphony Chorus bring heart and soul to his haunting final words.

First, though, pianist Martin Helmchen celebrates Amadeus at his most daring – the dark, dramatic piano concerto that some say is his very greatest. And because music never stands still, there’s a 21st century landscape from the brilliant Camille Pépin: a glistening, shimmering “fresco for orchestra” inspired by the life (and troubling death) of the world’s glaciers. Hearing is believing…