Mozart Requiem
- Next Event
- 7th June 7:30pm
- Event Finishes
- 7th June 9:30pm
About this event
The Bury Bach Choir performs one of the most well-known and best-loved choral works of the repertory: Mozart’s Requiem.
Mozart accepted the commission for the Requiem from a mysteriously anonymous patron in the summer of 1791. By the autumn Mozart was seriously ill and died on 5 December, having completed only half the work and sketched some of the rest. In urgent need of the remainder of the commissioning fee, Mozart’s widow Constanze secretly invited her husband’s pupil, Franz Süssmayr, to complete the score, which was then delivered to the patron with no mention of Süssmayr’s involvement! Despite the availability of several recent modern completions of Mozart’s Requiem, Süssmayr’s version remains the one most familiar to audiences. For this special performance, we are accompanied by two outstanding pianists, on one piano, performing the acclaimed four-hand piano version by Carl Czerny.
With the inclusion of Salieri’s short Coronation Te Deum (Antonio Salieri, a respected composer, was Mozart's contemporary), and some favourite arias from Mozart’s Da Ponte operas sung by our four wonderful soloists, this will be an occasion to enjoy and to remember – don’t miss it.
Booking opens 31 March 2025
Tickets £25 reserved, £18 unreserved (half price for under-30s)
Early booking discount £1 off all full price tickets booked by 15 April 2025
Share this venue
About the Venue
St Mary’s is the final resting place of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk and Henry VIII's favourite sister (after whom Henry's ship the Mary Rose was named).
Mary, the younger surviving daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, became the third wife of Louis XII of France, more than 30 years her senior. Following his death, she married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. The marriage, which was performed secretly in France, took place during the reign of her brother Henry VIII and without his consent. This necessitated the intervention of Thomas Wolsey, and although the couple were eventually pardoned by Henry, they were forced to pay a large fine.
Mary died, aged 37, at Westhorpe Hall, Suffolk, on 25 June 1533 and she was first buried at the Abbey of St Edmund on July 21 1533 but when the abbey was dissolved her remains were moved five years later in 1538 to St Mary’s Church, Bury St Edmunds. You can find her very simple tomb to the north side of the altar.
St Mary's Church was built between 1290 and 1490 as part of the abbey complex, and is thought to be the largest parish church in England, has the second longest aisle and the largest west window. St Mary's also has a unique and beautiful hammer beam ‘angel’ roof.
The church is open Monday – Saturday from 10.30am – 3pm but do check if you are planning to travel a distance as the church does hold services and events which may affect visiting times.
Admission is free. Donations gratefully received.
Contact
Events Manager:
Telephone 07561 334695
Email jackie.crofts@stmaryschurchbse.org
Church Administrator
Telephone 01284 754680 (Wednesdays and Fridays only)
Email katie.jackson@stmaryschurchbse.org
