Philharmonia Orchestra: REQUIEM
10.8.2025
18.00
Mikkeli Parish Church
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Dominante
Christoph Koncz, conductor
Aurora Marthens, soprano
Maiju Vaahtoluoto, mezzosoprano
Michael Laurenz, tenor
Matti Turunen, bass
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Requiem D minor, KV 626
Duration 1 hour, no interval
Introduction
The closing concert on Sunday at the Parish Church will feature Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's iconic Requiem. This work is one of the composer's most beloved pieces. Mozart was working on the Requiem at the time of his death, and it was completed posthumously by his students.
Most commonly performed version of Requiem in Finland belongs to Mozarts student Franz Xaver Süßmayr. At Mikkeli Music Festival 2025 we get to enjoy the arrangement of Robert Levin. Levin is known for being an expert on Mozarts note music and way of improvising. This version was first performed in 1991. Levin has paid special attention on characteristic, orchestration, voice leading and structure, having the piece as true to Mozarts original style as possible.
Consert is conducted by Viennese Mozart-specialist Christoph Koncz who served over 15 years as principal second violin of the Vienna Philharmonic before pursuing a carreer as a conductor. Lead by Koncz are Philharmonia Orchestra and one of the top mixed choirs in Finland, Dominante.
Christoph Koncz is highly acclaimed, and this season marks his second as Music Director of Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, while he continues his tenure as Principal Conductor of Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein.
As soloists we have hear mezzosoprano Maiju Vaahtoluoto and basso Matti Turunen, whom are both known from the Finnish National Opera, as well as Michael Laurenz, a star tenor from Vienna. For soprano we have Aurora Marthens who is internationally in demand and is known from Vienna State Opera. In autumn 2024 Marthens got second place and audience award in international ARD-competition in Munich.
Picture ©Ville Hautakangas
Tickets
129 € / 119 € / 89 € + order fee (from €1.50 + 0.65% of the order)
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