Glyndebourne gets into the festive spirit in December with the return of its Christmas Concerts

Mozart Requiem & Arias 2 part concert

A concert of instrumental and vocal works pairs music by French composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – celebrated swordsman, virtuoso violinist, and the first star classical composer of African ancestry – with that of his contemporary and rival Mozart.

In Part 1, writer and director Simone Ibbett-Brown interweaves stories from the extraordinary life of Saint-Georges, with the narrative and music from his opera The Anonymous Lover from 1780.

In Part 2, Mozart’s Requiem puts the Glyndebourne Chorus in the spotlight performing some of the greatest music Mozart would ever write.