Recorded live in our studios on April 25, 2006, Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin interviews
Dr. Jerry Ann Alt about
Mozart’s Requiem. Dr. Alt, Director
Choral Activities at
New Mexico State University, conducted the
Requiem at their spring concerts a few days later. We’ve put the archived interview on the web in conjunction with an airing of the full Requiem on Monday, Sept. 11 as part of our Mozart Monday series, and in commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Musical selections included in this interview are all by Mozart:
- Solemn Vespers: Laudate Dominum K339x; Christopher Hogwood conducts the Academy of Ancient Music and soprano Emma Kirkby (L’Oiseau #436585)
- Requiem (K626): Dies Irae and Confutatis; Andreas Delfs and Anton Armstrong conduct the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and St. Olaf Choir (Limestone #2802)
- Requiem: Lacrimosa; Donald Runnicles conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus (Telarc #80636)
- Requiem: Lux Aeterna (Communio): Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Concentus Musicus Wien and Arnold Schoenberg Choir (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi #58705)
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