Plymouth Philharmonic Choir

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Born in 1756, in Salzburg, Austria, Mozart is widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
Requiem in D minor is considered a profound and unfinished masterpiece that reflects both the composer’s genius and the circumstances of its creation.
Mozart composed Exsultate, jubilate, his best known solo motet, for the famous soprano castrato Venanzio Rauzzini. 

Fuller details of the programme can be found at https://plymouthphilchoir.org/march-2026-mozart-holst/

Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was an English composer and music teacher, best known for his orchestral suite “The Planets,” which has become a staple of classical music.
Five Partsongs, Op. 12 are early choral works by Holst written around 1902–1903. While less famous than his later suites, these pieces showcase his early development of choral texture and melody.
“I Love My Love”  is a Cornish folk song arrangement for mixed voices (SATB) published around 1916. It tells a dramatic, bittersweet tale of a woman sent to a Bedlam, or mental hospital, due to her lover being sent away to sea, yet it ends happily when he returns from sea to marry her.
For this concert the work has been set to a new orchestration by the choir’s Musical Director Paul Foster.
Fuller details of this programme can be found at https://plymouthphilchoir.org/march-2026-mozart-holst/