Nicolas Bartholomée

Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Guiseppe Verdi’s Requiem is still heard mainly in theatre and concert halls. However, the author himself intended this composition to be performed in church, and on special occasions. Conducted by Teodor Currentzis and performed by soloists and musicAeterna choir and orchestra, Verdi’s famous funeral mass returns from the concert stage to Milan’s Church of San Marco, the same place where it was premiered in 1874. The seven parts of the Requiem become steps on the way to comprehending the sacrament of death, the operatic character of orchestral and vocal writing acquires the strictness of the Catholic tradition, and musical images of rage, despair, and rebellion against the inevitable end are crowned with appeasement.

A Thousand Things I Would Do for You

Dani loves his girlfriend, Monica, but he is always late and has lost the expensive watch she gave him as a birthday present. Tired and disappointed by his lack of commitment, she breaks up with him. On the advice of his amateur psychologist friend, Elias, Dani sets off on an impossible quest to retrieve the watch, to prove his love to Monica and save their relationship.