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Mozart's Requiem

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sakari Oramo in Mozart's final work - his dark-hued Requiem. Martin Helmchen is the soloist in Mozart's C Minor Piano Concerto.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sakari Oramo in Mozart's final work his dark-hued Requiem. Martin Helmchen is the soloist in Mozart's C Minor Piano Concerto. And the concert begins with a recent work by French composer Camille Pepin: Inlandsis is a shimmering "fresco for orchestra" inspired by the alarming melting of ice masses and rising sea levels due to global warming.

Presented by Al Ryan. Recorded at the Barbican on 31st October 2025.

Camille Pépin: Inlandsis
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor

Interval

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr-Dutron)

Martin Helmchen (piano)
Francesca Chiejina (soprano)
Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Caspar Singh (tenor)
Frazer Scott (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Camille Pépin

    Inlandsis

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.24 in C Minor K491

    Performer: Martin Helmchen. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata in G

    Performer: David Plantier. Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • PAN CLASSICS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D Minor K626 (Sussmayr and Pierre-Henri Dutron)

    Singer: Francesca Chiejina. Singer: Claire Barnett-Jones. Singer: Caspar Singh. Singer: Frazer Scott. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Kate Whitley

    Five Pieces

    Performer: Khanh Nhi Luong.

  • Percy Grainger

    The Lads of Wamphray

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra vol. 4: Reynish/Rundell.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Last Monday19:30
    BBC Radio 3