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Concert

Dvořák Requiem
Hartmut Haenchen

Presentation

‘Do not wonder that I am so religious. An artist who is not could not produce anything like this. I like praying there at the window when I look out on the green and at the sky. I study with the birds, flowers, God, and myself.’ Religious music makes up a relatively small part of Dvořák’s œuvre, but its quality should not be underestimated. Dvořák composed his great Requiem for a quartet of soloists, chorus, and orchestra in 1890, at the beginning of his important late creative period. Although he remains far from the theatricality of a Verdi or Berlioz, in this work he frequently achieved a similar intensity and drama, while towards the end it is dominated by quiet melancholy. Hartmut Haenchen, the ultimate specialist in the great Romantic repertoire, brings out the full richness of this rarely performed work better than anyone.

Programme
  • Antonín Dvořák – Requiem for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra, op. 89 (1890)
Dates & tickets

Location

Centre for Fine Arts

Running time

2 hours

Presentation

Pre-performance talks 30' before the start of the performances by Serge Algoet (in Dutch) & Jeanne Servais (in French)

Prices

Ticket prices from € 10 to € 59
-30 years old: € 10 / € 25
-15 years old: free, with an adult

Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

ConductorHARTMUT HAENCHEN

Chorus masterMARTINO FAGGIANI

SopranoVERONIKA DZHIOEVA
MezzoANNA LARSSON
TenoreCHRISTIAN ELSNER
BassoFRANZ-JOSEF SELIG

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Vlaams Radio Koor
MM Academy led by Benoît Giaux

ProductionLA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Co-presentationBOZAR MUSIC