The Evgeny Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre presents:
Two requiems, separated by almost two centuries and composed by classical music genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1971) and by musical genius Andrew Lloyd Webber (1985), will be performed as a fascinating stylistic experiment at MIPAC on January 15, 2016.

The programme, offered by Novaya Opera, continues the theme of “dialogues and doubles”, which is an object of studying in the 2015 – 2016 season. The, Catholic funeral mass, one of the canonical forms of sacred music, Requiem goes through ages and styles. Mozart’s Requiem finished by his apprentice Franz Xaver Süssmayr is a swan song of the genius, one of the culminations of all world art. The fame of this composition is connected not only with the music itself, but also with the mystical circumstances of its creation (in particular the story is narrated in Pushkin’s Mozart and Salieri). In the 19–20th centuries Requiem was influenced by different traditions and styles: for example, opera theatre in Verdi’s, romanticism in Dvorak’s, impressionism in Fauret’s, neoclassicism in Britten’s and dodecaphony in Stravinsky’s pieces.

Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1948) dedicated his Requiem to the memory of his fa-ther, who died in 1982. In every note one can recognize a genius of musicals. But Lloyd Webber beautifully combines elements of functional and academic music in his Requiem. The piece is composed for organ, keyboard and symphonic orchestra (in strings section violins are excluded, in winds section saxophones are added and the drums section is significantly widened) mixed choir and three soloists (tenor, soprano and infant soprano). It was premiered, conducted by Lorin Maazel, on February 24 1985, with Placido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles-Kingston. In 1986 this piece was awarded the Grammy Prize as the best contemporary classical composition.

This concert is also a part of the 6th Christmas Festival of Sacred Music
Vladimir Spivakov and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk are the Artistic Directors of the Festival.

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