The baton is not a magic wand – it cannot join together the fragmentary work that Mozart composed in the face of death.
2013 · 1h 0m

Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the piece proclaims eternal light and redemption. Together with a first-class quartet of soloists, the choirs of the Bavarian and Swedish radios and the distinguished musicians of the Lucerne Festival…
Music by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart