Mozart – Solemn Vespers for A Confessor, Mozart – Requiem, and Peteris Vasks’ Dona nobis pacem (Grant Us Peace)
This program opens with Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339, a luminous work written for the Salzburg Cathedral. These vespers showcase Mozart’s mastery of combining choral and orchestral textures— featuring moments of grandeur balanced by intimate, lyrical exchanges.
Following this is Mozart’s Requiem, K. 626, his final, unfinished masterpiece. Left incomplete at the time of his death, the Requiem is both a deeply personal reflection and a timeless communal expression of mourning and hope. In this work, soloists, choir, and orchestra engage in a poignant conversation, weaving together themes of humanity and eternity with sublime intensity.
The program concludes with Peteris Vasks’ Dona nobis pacem (Grant Us Peace), a contemporary meditation on peace and reconciliation. Vasks’ music speaks with a powerful simplicity, offering a dialogue between past and present, tradition and innovation.
Program
MOZART Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
I. Dixit
II. Confitebor
III. Beatus vir
IV. Laudate pueri
V. Laudate Dominum
VI. Magnificat
INTERMISSION
MOZART Requiem, K. 626
I. Introitus – Requiem
II. Kyrie
III. Sequenz
Dies irae
Tuba mirum
Rex tremendae
Recordare
Confutatis
Lacrimosa
IV. Offertorium
Domine Jesu
Hostias
V. Sanctus (from Marianne von Martínez’s Terza Messa)
VI. Benedictus
VII. Agnus Dei
VIII. Communio – Lux aeterna
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Join the Carmel Bach Festival for its 88th season—Dialogues—running July 12-26, 2025. Musicians will explore musical conversations across time via works such as Bach’s Mass in B Minor and The Art of the Fugue, Mozart’s Requiem and “Jupiter” symphony, Haydn’s “Harmoniemesse,” and featured works by Stravinsky and Jessie Montgomery. With 40 events to choose from, there is something for everyone! Browse the full season lineup, purchase tickets, and find information on free community events at www.bachfestival.org.
